RMA 253 (P240359)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240359 |
| 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 on the day of disappearance of the moon Adad thunders: the harvest will prosper, business will be steady. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If it rains on the day of disappearance of the moon: the harvest will be brought in, and business will be steady. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55– | May the lord of kings be everlasting! |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Ašaredu. |
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 ina UD.NA₂.A UD.NA₂.A {d}IM GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB | |
| 2 | BURU₁₄ SI.SA₂ KI.LAM GI.NA | |
| 3 | 1 ina UD.NA₂.A UD.NA₂.A AN-u₂ ŠUR-nun | |
| 4 | BURU₁₄ IL₂-ma KI.LAM GI.NA | |
| 5 | EN LUGAL-MEŠ lu da-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du | |
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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