RMA 036 (P336384)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336384 |
| 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 day [reaches its normal length]: a reign of long [days]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Normal length of a month (means) it comple[tes] the 30th day. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very pointed: [the king of Akkad w]ill weaken [the land] wherever he turns; wherever he turns he will rule [the lan]d. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "To be pointed" means to be adorned, said of horns. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Tammuz (IV) means Subartu. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Akkullanu. |
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 UD-mu ana [mi-na-ti-šu₂ e-ri-ik] | |
| 2 | BALA [UD-MEŠ] ⸢GID₂-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢mi⸣-na-at ITI UD 30-KAM u₂-šal-⸢lam⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du-da | |
| 5 | [LUGAL URI{ki]} e-ma IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ šak-nu | |
| 6 | [KUR] ⸢un⸣-na-aš₂ e-ma pa-nu-šu₂ šak-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢KUR⸣ i-be-el | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-de-du ṣa-pa-ru ša qar-ni | |
| 2 | {iti}ŠU {kur}SU.BIR₄{ki} | |
| 3 | ša {1}ak-kul-la-ni | |
Sources & licences
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