RMA 062 (P336398)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336398 |
| 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 3o 3 | [If the moon becomes visible in] Nisan (I) on the 30th day: [Su]bartu [will devour] the Ahlamû; a foreigner will rule the Westland. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 44–o 44 | We are Subartu. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 55–o 66 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost in the land. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 77–o 77 | "Frost" is "cold." |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The moon will be seen with the sun in Tebet (X) on the 14[th] day. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | The moon will complete the day in Shebat (XI); on the 14th day it will be seen with the sun. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [The moon] will reject the day [in] Adar (XII); [on the xth day] it will be seen with the sun. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [The moon] will complete the day in Nisan (I). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [From Na]bû-ahhe-eriba. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina] {iti}BARAG UD 30-KAM₂\t [IGI] | |
| 2 | [su]-bar-tum ah-la-ma-a [KU₂] | |
| 3 | EME BAR-tum KUR—MAR.TU{ki} i-be-⸢el⸣ | |
| ⸢li⸣-ša₂-a-nu a-hi-tum [i]-bi-il | ||
| 4 | a-ni-nu SU.BIR₄{ki} | |
| 5 | 1 30 UD 30-KAM₂\t IGI | |
| 6 | šu-ru-up-pu-u ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 7 | šu-ru-up-pu-u ku-uṣ-ṣu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}30 ina {iti}AB UD 14-[KAM₂\t] | |
| 2 | TA@v {d}ša₂-maš in-⸢na⸣-mar | |
| 3 | {d}30 ina {iti}ZIZ₂ UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
| 4 | UD 14-KAM₂\t TA@v {d}ša₂-maš in-na-mar | |
| 5 | {[d}30 ina] {iti}ŠE UD-mu u₂-tar-ra | |
| 6 | [UD x-KAM₂\t TA@v] {d}ša₂-maš in-na-mar | |
| 7 | {[d}30 ina] {⸢iti⸣}BARAG UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
| 8 | [ša {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
Sources & licences
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