RMA 087a (P336416)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 087a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336416 |
| 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 | [Observation] of the moon which was seen: its [posi]tion is stable; it was seen inside a black cloud. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [If] the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour the [wealt]h of the Westland; [according to] another [tabl]et: dispersal of all lands. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [If the moon's] horns [at its appearance] are very dark: [disbanding] of the fortified outposts, [retiring of the guards]; there will be [recon]ciliation [and peace in the land]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [...] gi is "to be dark"; [gi] is "to be peaceful." — It [stan]ds in a stable position; variant: It was seen in a black cloud. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Akkullanu. |
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 | [x x] 30 ša in-na-mir-u-ni | |
| 2 | [man]-za-su ke-e-ni ina ŠA₃ IM.DIRI GI₆ it-ta-mar | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina {iti}SIG₄ UD 30-KAM₂\t IGI.LAL | |
| 4 | [ṭuh]-⸢du⸣ MAR.TU{ki} ah-la-mu-u KU₂ | |
| 5 | [ša₂ KA ṭup]-⸢pi⸣ ša-ni-e BIR-ah KUR.KUR | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂] SI-MEŠ-šu₂ tur-ru-ka | |
| 7 | [DU₈ bi-ra]-a-ti | |
| 8 | [a-rad EN.NUN-MEŠ taš]-mu-u | |
| 9 | [SILIM-mu ina KUR] GAL₂-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ⸢GI⸣ ta-ra-ku | |
| 2 | [GI] ⸢ša⸣-la-mu man-za-su ke-e-nu | |
| 3 | [GUB]-az-ma KI.MIN ina IM.DIRI GI₆ IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 4 | ša {1}ak-kul-la-ni | |
Sources & licences
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