RMA 091 (P336419)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336419 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Šulpa'e [stands] in [it]: attack of the troops of the Westla[nd]; variant: there will be barley so that there will be no famine; variant: the king of Akkad will experience confinement. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a river: there will be a green crop in the land; variant: it will rain. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | — A halo surrounded Erua. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the star of Marduk produces a mišhu: the land will eat abundant bread. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | — The star of Marduk, Mercury, is going beyond its (normal) position and ascends. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Afterwards, on the 14th day, (the moon) [was seen] with the s[un]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Bala[sî]. |
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 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}ŠUL.PA.E₃ ina ŠA₃-[šu₂ GUB-iz] | |
| 2 | ZI-ut ERIM {kur}a-mur-[ri-i] | |
| 3 | ŠE-im GAL₂-ma ub-bu-tu NU GAL₂-[ši] | |
| 4 | LUGAL URI{ki} u₂-sur-tu₂ IGI-mar | |
| 5 | 1 30 ID₂ NIGIN ur-qi₂-tu₂ {še}GUN₃.NU | |
| 6 | ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 7 | A.AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 8 | TUR₃ {mul}⸢A.EDIN⸣ NIGIN-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 MUL—{d}AMAR.UTU me-iš-hu im-šu-uh | |
| 2 | KUR NINDA nap-ša₂ ik-kal | |
| 3 | MUL—{d}AMAR.UTU {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD | |
| 4 | a-na man-za-zi-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-tar-ma | |
| 5 | i-ša₂-qa-am-ma | |
| 6 | EGIR-šu₂ UD 14-KAM₂\t ⸢TA@v⸣ {d}[UTU IGI-ma] | |
| 7 | ša {1}ba-la-[si-i] | |
Sources & licences
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