RMA 103 (P336429)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336429 |
| 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] is seen on the [1]6th [day: the king of Subartu will become] strong and [have no rival]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars [stands in it]: loss of cattle of all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will be diminished. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 7o 7 | [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: robbers will rage. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 88–o 88 | — Saturn stands in the halo of the moon. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 9o 9– | If Jupiter comes near to the Bull of Heaven: the treasures of the land will perish; variant: the offspring of large and small cattle will not prosper. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Jupiter entered the Bull of Heaven; the king my lord should beware of drafts. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4r 4– | If the Plough star reaches the path of the sun: famine of cattle; there will be famine. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 66–r 66 | — Mars will reach Saturn. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 77–r 88 | If a planet and Mars confront each other and stand there: attack of the enemy. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 9r 9–r 1111 | If the rising of the Fox star is [...] dark, its star keeps turning like ... [......]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | From [Nabû]-ahhe-[eriba]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD] 16-KAM₂\t IGI [LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki]} | |
| 2 | [i-dan]-ni-in-ma [GABA.RI NU TUK] | |
| 3 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu [ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz] | |
| 4 | ZAH₂ MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR DU₃.A.BI me-re-šu₂ ZU₂.LUM.MA | |
| 5 | NU SI.SA₂ KI.MIN KUR—MAR.TU{ki} TUR-ir | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}UDU.IDIM ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 7 | {lu₂}SA.GAZ in-na-an-du-ru | |
| hab-ba-a-tu₂ | ||
| 8 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina TUR₃ 30 GUB-ma | |
| 9 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ana {mul}GUD.AN.NA DIM₄ | |
| is-niq | ||
| 10 | du-un-qu KUR i-hal-liq | |
| 11 | KI.MIN ta-lit-ti AB₂.GUD-HI.A U₈.UDU-HI.A | |
| ab-ba-gud-ha-a uz-du-ha-a | ||
| r | ||
| 1 | ul iš-šir | |
| 2 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina ŠA₃ {mul}GUD.AN.NA e-ta-rab | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂ TA@v IGI zi-i-qi lu e-ti-ik | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}APIN KASKAL 20 KUR-ud SU.KU₂ bu-lim | |
| har-ra-na {d}ša₂-maš ik-šu-ud bu-u-li | ||
| 5 | su-un-qu GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ i-kaš-ša₂-ad-ma | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu im-tah-har-u₂-ma | |
| 8 | iz-zi-zu ⸢ZI-ut⸣ {lu₂}KUR₂ | |
| 9 | 1 {mul}KA₅.A KUR-šu₂ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-dir [x x x] | |
| mu-ul ka-a ni-pi-ih-šu₂ | ||
| 10 | MUL-šu₂ GIM ka-[x x x x x] | |
| ⸢ka⸣-kab-šu₂ | ||
| 11 | is-sa-na-hur [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {⸢mul⸣}[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{[d}PA]—PAB-⸢MEŠ⸣—[SU] | |
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