RMA 029 (P240233)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240233 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [If the moon] becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are pointed: the king of Akkad will rule the land wherever he goes, variant: the king of Akkad will weaken the land wherever he intends. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If the moon's] face at its appearance is turned to its left: [... of sesa]me, dates, and wool. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [If at the moon's] appearance [the nor]th wind blows and [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] ...... stands in the sky. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | Jupiter is passing to the west: quiet dwelling, peace and good for the land. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [If the s]un rises in a cloudbank: the king will become furious and raise his weapons. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [— Ju]piter stands in the sky for excessive days. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [From] Ašaredu the older, servant of the king. |
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 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃ | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ed-da | |
| 3 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma DU-ku KUR EN-el | |
| 4 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ GAR-nu | |
| 5 | KUR un-na-aš | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina] IGI.LAL-šu₂ ana KAB-šu₂ IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ GAR-nu | |
| 7 | [x x {še}GIŠ].I₃ ZU₂.LUM.MA u SIG₂-HI.A | |
| 8 | 1 30 ina] IGI.LAL-šu₂ {[im}SI].SA₂ DU-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x ina] AN-e GUB-zi | |
| 2' | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR a-na {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A DIB-iq | |
| 3' | KI.TUŠ ne₂-eh-ti DI-mu SIG₅-tim ana KUR | |
| 4 | 1 {d]}⸢UTU⸣ ina ni-du KUR-ha 3.20 ŠUR₂-ma {giš}TUKUL GAL₂-ši | |
| 5 | {⸢mul⸣}SAG.ME.GAR UD-ME DIRI-MEŠ ina AN-e | |
| 6 | GUB-az-ma | |
| 7 | [ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du IGI-u₂ ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
Sources & licences
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