RMA 102 (P336428)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336428 |
| 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 Mars [stands] in it: [there will be] loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will sp[eak] the truth with his father. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88– | If two stars st[and] in the halo of the moon: reigns of lon[g] days. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Bamaya. |
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 NIGIN₂-ma {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ [GUB] | |
| 2 | ZAH₂ bu-lim ina KUR DU₃.A.⸢BI⸣ [GAL₂] | |
| 3 | me-re-šu₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | KI.MIN KUR—MAR.TU{ki} TUR-[ir] | |
| 5 | 1 20 ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ 30 ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 6 | ina KUR DU₃.A.BI GI.NA i-ta-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 7 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-⸢ta⸣-[me] | |
| 8 | 1 02 MUL-MEŠ ina TUR₃ 30 ⸢GUB⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 9 | BALA-MEŠ UD-MEŠ GID₂.⸢DA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {1}ba-ma-a.a | |
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)
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