RMA 042 (P336387)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336387 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [If the moon at] its appearance [wears a crown: the king of the land will reach] the highest rank; the land wil[l dwell] as if in pastures near the city. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | It means that (the moon) will complete the day in Tishri (VII). |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5o 5– | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: speech will become reliable; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 77–o 88 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: good for Akkad, bad for Elam [and] the Westland. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If the moon at its appearance [......]. |
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] | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KUR] a-ša₂-ri-du-[tu₂ DU-ak] | |
| 3 | KUR a-bur-riš uš-[ša-ab] | |
| 4 | ša ina {iti}DU₆ UD-mu u₂-šal-la-ma | |
| 5 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM IGI KA GI.NA | |
| pu-u i-kan | ||
| 6 | ŠA₃ KUR i-ṭa-ab | |
| 7 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM IGI-ma SIG₅ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 8 | HUL NIM.MA{ki} [u] a-mur-re-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ [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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