RMA 088 (P336417)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336417 |
| 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 late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — It sets on the 15th day and is seen with the sun on the 16th day. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If Mars keeps going around a planet: barley will become expensive. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5o 5– | If the Raven star reaches the path of the sun: business will diminish; variant: there will be clamor. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 77–o 1010 | These are words concerning Akkad. Mars remained four fingers distant from Saturn, it did not come close. It did not reach it. I have (nevertheless) copied (the relevant omen). What does it matter? Let the pertinent namburbi ritual be performed. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1111–o 1212 | If the moon is seen on the 16th day: the king of Subartu will become strong and have no opponent. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and a planet stands in it: robbers will rage. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars stands in it: destruction of cattle and wild animals; the kor-measure will decrease; date plantations will not prosper; the Westland will become small. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the Field star stands in it: reduction of barley. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The Field star (means) Virgo. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Balasî. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Mars will go away from this (point), it is [in f]ront of Saturn. [The moon] will complete the day in Nisan (I). |
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] la si-ma-ni-šu₂ uh-hi-ra-ma NU IGI.LAL | |
| 2 | [te]-be₂-e URU kiš-ša₂-ti | |
| 3 | UD 15-KAM₂\t i-rab-bi-ma UD 16-KAM₂\t KI {d}UTU IGI-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu {mul}UDU.IDIM is-sa-na-ah-hur ŠE-im iq-qir | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}UGA{mušen} KASKAL {d}UTU KUR-ud GAN₂.BA TUR-ir | |
| ma-hi-ru | ||
| 6 | ša₂-ni-iš ri-ig-mu GAR-an | |
| 7 | an-nu-ti di-ib-bi a-na KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 8 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu er-bi u₂-ba-ni TA IGI {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ | |
| 9 | pa-a-te la iṭ-hi ina UGU-hi ⸢la⸣ ik-šu-ud at-ta-as-ha | |
| 10 | mi₃-i-nu hi-iṭ-ṭu NAM.BUR₂.BI-šu₂ lu e-pi-iš | |
| 11 | 1 30 UD 16-KAM₂\t IGI LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki} i-dan-nin-ma | |
| 12 | ma-hi-ra la i-ra-aš₂-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}UDU.IDIM ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 2 | hab-⸢ba⸣-a-tum in-na-an-da-ru | |
| 3 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 4 | ZAH₂ MAŠ₂.ANŠE NIG₂.ZI.GAL₂ EDIN.NA gur-ru TUR | |
| 5 | me-re-šu₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.SA₂-MEŠ KUR—MAR{ki} TUR | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 7 | nu-šur-ru-u ŠE-im | |
| 8 | {⸢mul⸣}AŠ.GAN₂ {mul}AB.SIN₂ | |
| 9 | ša {1}ba-la-si-i | |
| 10 | {[mul]}ṣal-bat-a-nu TA@v ŠA₃ an-ni-i-e i-pat-ti il-lak | |
| 11 | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣ {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ | |
| 12 | {[d}30 ina {iti}BARAG UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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