RMA 084 (P336415)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336415 |
| 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 [is ...] in its course: [there will be] evil. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — It [will be seen] on the 13th day (with the sun). |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | 4 months after ea[ch other] (the moon) completed the day; it rose high in [...], on the 13th day [it was seen with the sun]. The king my lord need not [be afraid] of the bad omen. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8o 8– | If the moon at its appearance "pile[s up]" the sky: it will rain, variant: the floo[d will come]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [— It became visible in a piled-up cl]oud. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 2r 2–r 3r 3 | If [the Anzu star ...] is bright: either [frost] or cold [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 55–r 55 | The Anzu star [is Mars]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 66–r 66 | "Frost" [is "cold"]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 77–r 77 | If the strange star [comes close to] Gemini: [the ruler will die]. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 88– | "The ruler will die," as it says, [refers] to [...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
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 a-la-ki-šu₂ [ut-tah-ha-as] | |
| 2 | lum-nu [GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3 | UD 13-KAM₂ in-[nam-mar-ma] | |
| 4 | 04 ITI-MEŠ i—da-at i—da-at a-[he-e-iš] | |
| 5 | UD-mu us-sa-lim ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | it-tan-ta-ha UD 13-KAM₂\t it-[ti {d}UTU it-ta-mar] | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li₂ a-na lum-ni lu la [i-pal-lah₃] | |
| 8 | 1 {d}30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AN-u₂ ša₂-[pi-ik] | |
| ša₂-mu-u | ||
| 9 | AN-u₂ i-za-nun KI.MIN A.⸢KAL⸣ [DU-kam₂] | |
| ša₂-mu-u | ||
| r | ||
| 1 | ina IM.[DIRI ša₂-pi-ik-ti IGI-ma] | |
| ur-[pa-ti] | ||
| 2 | 1 {mul}{d}[IM.DUGUD x x x] | |
| mu-ul {d}[x x x x x] | ||
| 3 | ba-il₃ šum₂-ma [šu-ru-up-pu-u] | |
| ba-il | ||
| 4 | šum₂-ma EN.TE.NA [x x x x] | |
| 5 | {mul}{d}IM.DUGUD{⸢mušen⸣} {[d}ṣal-bat-a-nu] | |
| 6 | šu-ru-pu-u [ku-uṣ-ṣu] | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}MIN₃-ma <ana> {mul}MAŠ.TAB.BA [TE NUN UŠ₂] | |
| 8 | NUN UŠ₂ ša iq-bu-u-ni a-[na x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
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