RMA 039 (P240334)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240334 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king [will reach] the highest rank. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | If its horns are equally clear: enemy kings will be reconci[led]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | [...] at the appearance [......] will become long [...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Well-being will come down on the land. The moon-god will smite the enemy. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | — Mercury stands in ... of the moon. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir LUGAL SAG.KAL [DU] | |
| 4 | 1 SI-MEŠ-šu₂ TEŠ₂.BI ZALAG₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-[MEŠ] | |
| 6 | it-ti {d}UTU IGI-mar-[ma] | |
| 7 | [x x] E₂ ta-mar-ti [x x] | |
| 8 | [x x] ⸢GID₂⸣.DA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | šul-mu SIG₅ ana KUR ur-ra-[ad] | |
| 2 | {d}30 KUR₂ i-mah-ha-[aṣ] | |
| 3 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | iz-za-az-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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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