RMA 089 (P336418)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336418 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Observation of the moon which [was seen] on the 16th day together [with the sun]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | The 16th day (refers to) Subartu ... [......]; but in truth, [it is] a bad omen for Akkad. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If the moon beco[mes late] at an inappropriate time [and is not seen: attack of a ruling city]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 6o 6 | If the moon [is not seen] in Adar (XII) either on the 14th or [on the 15th day ...] Ur [......]. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 77–o 99 | If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen together: the king will be shut up] in his palace for the length [of a month; the step of the enemy will be set towards his land; the ene]my will [march around] victoriously in his land. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1010–o 1010 | [If the moon ......] is seen and [......]. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1111–o 1313 | [...] someone [...... which] surrounded [......] did not surround [......]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1414–o 1414 | [......] and is decided [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...... mo]rning watch [......]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [If ...] the moon lies [......] ... If [.....] thunders [......]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | As to Mars which [moved] towards [Saturn], it will absolutely not come close [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | A planet flared up and surrounded the sun [......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Nigin is "to surround," ni[gin is ...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Concerning that it cam[e near] in front of it, I have [already] sent its explanation to the king my lord [......]. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010– | Concerning the burnt offerings about which the king wr[ote to me], I opened [my hands] and prayed for the king, the crown prince, and Šamaš-[šumu-ukin. ......]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] of the moon are very good |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] a one-year old ... |
| Edge [2:4] e. 33–e. 44 | [...] and oil, honey, aromatics; let the king ask [...]naya. |
| Edge [4:5] e. 55–e. 55 | 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 | ta-mar-ti {d}30 ša UD 16-KAM₂ it-⸢ti⸣ {[d}UTU in-nam-ru-ni] | |
| 2 | UD 16-KAM₂ {kur}SU.BIR₄{[ki]} ⸢x⸣ e [x x x] | |
| 3 | u₃ kit-tum lum-nu ša KUR—URI{[ki} šu-u-tu₂] | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šu₂ uh-⸢hir⸣-[am-ma NU IGI te-be₂-e URU kiš-ša₂-ti] | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina {iti}ŠE lu UD 14-KAM₂\t lu UD 15-KAM₂ NU IGI x x] | |
| 6 | ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} [x x x x x] | |
| <$u₂$>-ri | ||
| 7 | 1 UD 16-KAM {d}30 u {d}UTU ⸢it⸣-[ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ ana mi-na-[at ITI u₂-ta-sar] | |
| 9 | [GIR₃ KUR₂ ana KUR-šu₂ GAR-an] ⸢KUR₂⸣ ina KUR-šu₂ šal-ṭa-⸢niš⸣ [it-ta-na-lak] | |
| 10 | 1 30 x x x x] IGI.LAL-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] me-me-e-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢il⸣-bu-u-ni la [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ la il-bi [x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x]-ma pur-ru-us [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x EN].NUN—UD.ZAL.LA [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] 30 ŠUB-di [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢GU₃⸣-šu₂ ŠUB-⸢di⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina UGU {d}ṣal-bat-a-ni ša ina UGU {[d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ x x x] | |
| 5 | la-aš₂-šu₂ la i-ṭa-ah-hi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {d}UDU.IDIM iṣ-ru-ur-ma {d}UTU NIGIN [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | NIGIN ni-gi-in la-mu-u ⸢NIGIN⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ina UGU ša ina pu-ti-i-šu₂ iq-⸢rib⸣-[u-ni x x x x] | |
| 9 | pi-šir₃-šu₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ as-sap-[ra x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina UGU ma-qa-lu-a-te be₂-et LUGAL ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni up-ni-ia] | |
| 11 | ap-te-te ina UGU LUGAL DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN {1}{d}GIŠ.⸢NU₁₁⸣—[MU—GI.NA] | |
| 12 | u₂-sa-ri-ir [x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] 30 a—dan-niš da-an-qu | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] i-ri-ṣi-ṣi DUMU MU.AN.NA | |
| 3 | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]-ni u₃ I₃-MEŠ LAL₃ ŠEM-HI.⸢A⸣ | |
| 4 | [a-na {1}x]+⸢x⸣-na-ia₂ LUGAL liš-al | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}ak-kul-la-ni | |
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