RMA 136s (P240205)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136s |
|---|---|
| ID | P240205 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [If the moon and sun] are in opposition: the king [of the land will widen his understanding ...]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | I.e., on the 14th day the moon is seen [with the sun]. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [If a sun disk stands] above the moon, vari[ant: below the moon]: the foundation of the throne of the land's [king will be stable; the king of the land] will stand in his truth. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | — On the 14th day [the sun stands] with the moon. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'– | [If the sun] stands in the halo of the moon: [in all lands they will speak the truth, and the son [will speak the truth] with his father. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Kislev (IX), 14th day, year 1, Sargon king of Babylon. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ LUGAL [KUR uz-na DAGAL-aš₂] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 | |
| 3' | [KI {d}UTU] IGI-mar-[ma] | |
| 4' | 1 AŠ.ME] UGU 30 KI.[MIN KI.TA 30 GUB] | |
| 5' | [LUGAL] KUR SUHUŠ AŠ.TE-[šu₂ GI.NA LUGAL KUR] | |
| 6' | [ina] kit-ti-šu₂ GUB-[az] | |
| 7' | {[d}UTU] UD 14-KAM₂ KI 30 [GUB-ma] | |
| 8' | 1 20 ina] TUR₃ 30 GUB [ina KUR DU₃.A.BI kit-tu₂ i-ta-mu-u] | |
| 9' | u₃ DUMU KI [AD-šu₂ kit-ti i-ta-mi] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {⸢iti}GAN⸣ UD 14-KAM₂ MU 01-KAM₂ [o] | |
| 2' | LUGAL—GI.NA LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} [o] | |
Sources & licences
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