RMA 214a (P240371)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 214a |
|---|---|
| ID | P240371 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | If Scorpius [is dark: therein will be] reconciliation [in the land. —] Mer[cury] stan[ds in Scorpius]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'– | If a planet [becomes visible ...: rain] and flood [...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | — The moon will be seen [...] on the 15th day [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | 1 {mul}GIR₂.TAB [GI₆ ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 2' | taš-mu-u₂ [ina KUR GAL₂] | |
| 3' | {d}UDU.IDIM.[GUD.UD ina ŠA₃ {mul}GIR₂.TAB] | |
| 4' | iz-za-[az-ma] | |
| 5' | 1 {d}UDU.[IDIM x x x IGI.LAL A.AN] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | u A.[KAL x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}30 UD 15-[KAM₂ x x] | |
| 2 | in-nam-⸢mar⸣-[ma 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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