RMA 094 (P336421)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336421 |
| 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 | This night, the moon was surrounded by a halo, [and] Jupiter and Scorpius [stood] in [it]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Sagmegar (Jupiter) stands in it: the king of Akkad will be shut up. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Nēberu stands in it: fall of cattle and wild animals. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77– | The star of Marduk at its appearance is (called) Šulpa'e; when it rises 1 'double-hour' it is (called) Sagmegar; when it stands in the middle of the sky, it is (called) Nēberu. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Scorpius stands in it: entu-priestesses will be made pregnant; men, variant: lions, will rage and block the traffic of the land. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | These (omens) are from the series. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Šulpa'e stands in it: the king of the Westland will exercise supreme power and bring about the defeat of his enemy's land. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88– | This (omen) is extraneous. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | From Nabû-mušeṣi. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MI an-ni-u₂ {d}30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-[ma] | |
| 2 | {d}SAG.ME.GAR {mul}GIR₂.TAB ina ŠA₃-[šu₂ GUB] | |
| 3 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}SAG.ME.GAR ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 4 | LUGAL URI{ki} u₂-ta-sa-ar | |
| 5 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}ne₂-bi-ru ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 6 | ŠUB-tim MAŠ₂.ANŠE na-maš-še-e ša₂ EDIN | |
| 7 | ⸢MUL⸣—{d}AMAR.UTU ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃ | |
| 8 | 01 KASKAL.GID₂ i-šaq-qa-ma {d}SAG.ME.GAR | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina MURUB₄ AN-e GUB-ma {d}ne₂-bi-ru | |
| 2 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}GIR₂.TAB ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 3 | NIN.DINGIR.RA-MEŠ uš-tah-ha-a | |
| 4 | NITA-MEŠ KI.MIN UR.MAH-MEŠ IDIM-MEŠ-ma A.RA₂ KUR KUD-MEŠ | |
| 5 | an-nu-ti ša EŠ₂.QAR | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 7 | LUGAL MAR.TU ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-ma a-bi-ik-ti KUR KUR₂-šu₂ GAR-an | |
| 8 | an-ni-u₂ a-hi-u₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | ša {1}{d}PA—mu-še-ṣi | |
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