RMA 237a (P240199)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 237a |
|---|---|
| ID | P240199 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [......] ... [......] well-being of the Westland [......]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [If] the Yoke star [is turned] towards sun[set] when it comes out, (if) the west wind [rises and] turns towards the south: on [the 10th day] of Elul (VI) a destruct[ion of the land will take place]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [If] the Yoke star is turned towards sunrise when it comes out and [looks] at the front of [the sky], and no wind blows: there will be fa[min]e; [the dynasty will end in catastrophe]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | MI DAG ⸢MI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | DI ⸢MAR⸣{ki} [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 1 {⸢mul⸣}ŠUDUN ina E₃-šu₂ ana {d}UTU.[ŠU₂.A IGI-šu₂ GAR-nu {im]}MAR.TU [ZI-ma] | |
| 5 | ana {im}U₁₈.LU is-hur ina {iti}KIN ⸢UD⸣ 10-KAM] ⸢šal⸣-pu₂-⸢ti⸣ [KUR GAR-an] | |
| 6 | 1 {mul]}ŠUDUN ina E₃-šu₂ ana {d}UTU.TU.TU IGI-šu₂ GAR-nu IGI [AN-e] | |
| 7 | [IGI.BAR-ma] ⸢TU₁₅⸣ mim-ma la i-zi-qa ⸢SU.KU₂⸣ GAL₂-⸢ši⸣ [BALA NAM.GILIM.MA] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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