RMA 034 (P336383)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | RMA 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336383 |
| 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 at its appearance] wears a crown: the harvest of the land will pro[sper; the land] will live [as if in pastures near the city]; the king [will reach] the highest rank. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If the moon's] horns are pointed [at its appearance]: business will ...[...]; there will b[e ......] in the land. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If the moon's] horns at its [appearance] are very pointed: the king of Akkad will weaken [the land wherever he turns]; wherever he turns [he will rule the land]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | — It is seen [on the 1st day]: good for Akkad, bad for Elam. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... "to be p]ointed" (means) to be adorned, said of ho[rns]. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | [Concerning] this order which [...-ap]lu-uṣur sent [to me] about [...], I shall [......] the king my lord. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] I will accept [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] many ... [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... the go]ds doing it, the king my lord |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] which I [...] to the king my lord |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] permanently [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] upon me [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] I fear the king: "[...]." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [Perhaps the king my] lord will say: "[...]" — [...] I will sen[d ......]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Akkulla[nu]. |
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 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂] AGA a-pir BURU₁₄ KUR SI.⸢SA₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [KUR a-bur-riš] TUŠ-ab LUGAL SAG.KAL-tu₂ ⸢DU⸣-[ak] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂] SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ed-da GAN₂.BA iz [x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ina KUR GAL₂-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL]-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du-da LUGAL URI{ki} e-[ma pa-nu-šu₂] | |
| 6 | [šak-nu KUR] un-na-aš₂ e-ma pa-nu-šu₂ šak-nu [KUR i-be₂-el] | |
| 7 | [UD 01-KAM] IGI-ma SIG₅ KUR—URI{ki} HUL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 8 | [x x x e]-⸢de⸣-du ṣa-pa-ru ša ⸢SI⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 9 | [ina UGU] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-me am-mi-i ša ana ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10 | {1}{d}x x]—⸢A⸣—PAB iš-pu-[ra-an-ni] | |
| 11 | [x x x x] LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] la-ah-⸢hur⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] a-ki na mut ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ma-aʾ-du-ti a-bu-[x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x DINGIR]-MEŠ-ni e-pu-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ʾe-e ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x] kal ba ka-a.a-ma-nu u₂-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] UGU-hi-ia u₂-za-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [ma-a TA IGI] LUGAL pa-al-ha-ku ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9 | [is—su-ri LUGAL be]-li₂ i-qab-bi ma aš₂-[x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] lu-še-bi-[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša {1}a-kul-la-[ni] | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.