RMA 036a (P336385)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 036a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336385 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [he will rule the land wherever he] turns. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "To be pointed" means to be [adorned, said of horns]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | If [... originates] in the lower part of the appearing [moon ...] the reign of the king will [be stable ...] much business [......]. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'–b.e. 6'b.e. 6' | Mercury [is seen at the appearance of the moon]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If the moon at its appearance [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day [......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [If on the] day of disappearance [......]. |
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' | [e-ma pa-nu-šu₂] ⸢šak-nu⸣ [KUR i-be-el] | |
| 2' | e-de-du ṣa-[pa-ru ša qar-ni] | |
| 3' | 1 ina iš-di ta-mar-[ti {d}30 x x it-tab-ši x x x] | |
| 4' | LUGAL BALA-šu ⸢i⸣-[ka-an x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-hi-ru ma-a-[du x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.[UD ina ta-mar-ti {d}30 IGI] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina UD 01-KAM₂ IGI [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 ⸢UD.NA₂⸣.A ⸢UD.NA₂⸣.A [x x x x] | |
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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