RMA 136u (P240319)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136u |
|---|---|
| ID | P240319 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable]; reliable speech [will be placed in the mouth of people]; the king of the land will make the thr[one last long]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If a sun disk [stands] above the moon, var[iant: below the moon: the king of the land will stand] in his truth. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If the moon and sun] are in oppositi[on: there will be] truth [in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [From] Nabû-[...]. |
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 šit-qu-lu KUR GI.NA] | |
| 2 | at-mu-u₂ ki-[i-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR] | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR {giš}GU.[ZA SUMUN-bar] | |
| 4 | 1 AŠ.ME UGU-nu 30 ⸢KI⸣.[MIN KI.TA-nu 30 GUB-iz] | |
| 5 | [LUGAL KUR i]-na kit-[ti-šu₂ GUB-az] | |
| 6 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-[u₂ ina KUR] | |
| 7 | kit-ti [GAL₂-ši DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-ti i-ta-mu] | |
| 8 | [ša {1}{d}AG—[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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