RMA 056 + (P336393)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 056 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336393 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If the moon [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | If the moon at [its] appea[rance] makes [...], and its dwelling is devastated: there will be [......], and [the son] will speak the [truth with his father]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If [......]: the king of the Westland will rule the world. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | If there exists in [......] stars: [......] will seek the moon. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88– | If [......] (erased) |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If in Iyyar (II) the Pleiades, the Seven Gods, the great gods, rise at their appropriate time: the great gods will gather and make a favorable decision about the land. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | In Iyyar (II) on the 1st day [the Breast of the Panther stands] in the middle of the sky opposite [your breast, and] the Pleiad[es ri]se. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ [IGI] ⸢KA⸣ GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina ⸢IGI.LAL⸣-[šu₂ x x x] DU₃-uš-ma u KI.TUŠ-su ra-ah-ṣa-⸢at⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] DI-mi GAL₂-ma | |
| 4 | [DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit]-⸢tu₂⸣ i-ta-mi | |
| 5 | 1 [x x x x x x] LUGAL MAR.TU ŠU₂-tu₂ EN-el | |
| 6 | 1 ina [x x x x x x] MUL-MEŠ it-tab-ši | |
| 7 | KI [x x x x x] DU.DU {d}30 I₃.KIN.GA₂ | |
| 8 | 1 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}[GUD] ⸢MUL⸣.MUL {d}07.BI DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 2 | šum-ma ina [a]-dan-ni-šu₂-nu KUR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ i-⸢pah⸣-[hu]-⸢ru⸣-ma | |
| 4 | GALGA KUR a-na ⸢SIG₅⸣-tim [i-mal-li]-ku | |
| 5 | 1 ina {iti}GUD UD 01-⸢KAM₂⸣ [GABA ša₂ {mul}UD.KA.DU₈].A | |
| 6 | ina MURUB₄ AN-e ina [IGI-it GABA-ka GUB-ma] | |
| 7 | MUL.⸢MUL⸣ [KUR]-ha | |
Sources & licences
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