RMA 069 (P336401)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336401 |
| 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 moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour the wealth of the Westland. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon is red at its appearance: the land will see plenty; the land will enjoy abundant business. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon is red at its appearance, and its left horn is blunt, its right horn pointed: you will drive back the enemy land; Adad will devastate. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the moon at its appearance becomes very bright: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | In Sivan (III) on the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 {iti}SIG₄ UD 30-KAM₂ ⸢IGI⸣-ir | |
| 2 | ṭuh-du MAR.TU{ki} ah-la-mu-u₂ KU₂ | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SA₅ KUR HE₂.NUN IGI | |
| 4 | GAN₂.BA nap-ša₂ KUR KU₂ | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SA₅-ma SI KAB-šu₂ ke-pat | |
| 6 | SI ZAG-šu₂ ed-de-et | |
| 7 | KUR KUR₂ ta-sa₃-kip {d}IM RA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 2 | LUGAL a-ša₂-ri-du-ti il-lak | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ma-gal ib-ta-ʾi-il | |
| 4 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 5 | 1 ina {iti}SIG₄ UD 14-KAM₂ 30 KI 20 | |
| 6 | in-nam-mar | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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