RMA 031 (P336382)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336382 |
| 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 be[comes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the moon is bright at its appearance: the land Akkad will live in brightness; my troops will s[ee] plenty. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | If the moon's horns at its appearance are very point[ed]: the king of Akkad will rule the land wherever he int[ends]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the day reaches [its] normal [length]: reigns of [long] days. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the days reach [their] normal [length]: the years of the king in [......], variant: [......]. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66– | These omens are now very [appropriate] to ci[te] in that the first days [became long] after eac[h other] regularly. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 10r.e. 10–r.e. 10r.e. 10 | From Issar-šumu-e[reš]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂\t ⸢IGI⸣.[LAL] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ZALAG₂-ir | |
| 4 | KUR—URI{ki} ŠA₃-ša₂ TI-uṭ ZALAG₂-ir | |
| 5 | ERIM-ni HE₂.NUN IGI-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-du-[da] | |
| 7 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma IGI-MEŠ-⸢šu⸣ [šak-nu] | |
| 8 | KUR i-be₂-[el] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 UD-mu a-na mi-na-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ e-ri-ik] | |
| 2 | ⸢BALA⸣-MEŠ UD-MEŠ [GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | 1 UD-MEŠ a-na mi-na-ti-[šu₂-nu GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ LUGAL ina [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ši-i-ma KI.MIN [x x x x] | |
| 6 | MU-MEŠ an-nu-ti u₂-ma-a [DUG₃.GA] | |
| 7 | a—dan-niš a-na na-⸢sa⸣-[hi] | |
| 8 | ina UGU ša i—da-at i—da-at ⸢a⸣-[he-iš] | |
| 9 | is-dir-u-ni UD 01-KAM₂-MEŠ-ni ⸢e⸣-[ri-ku-ni] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | ša {1}15—MU—⸢KAM⸣-[eš] | |
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