RMA 109 (P336432)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336432 |
| 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 in Scorpius, (that is a sign) for rain [and] flood. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Venus (and) Mercury are about to set. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] contains |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] cloud |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [......] he will see |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] Kalizi |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Let them [decide] about the orders and write us. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44– | The scribe [...-nap]ištu-iddin will come [on the xth] day. [I se]nt Nabû-mušeṣi, the scribe of the temple, [as the k]ing my lord said; he is bringing the former ... |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | From the Chief Scribe. |
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 | 30 MI an-ni-u₂ ina ŠA₃-bi {mul}GIR₂.TAB | |
| 2 | TUR₃-ma NIGIN-ma a-na ⸢A.AN⸣ [u] A.KAL | |
| 3 | {d}dil-bat {d}GUD.UD a-na ru-u₂-bi il-lu-ku | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-a-ti i-na ŠA₃-bi u₂-kal | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢IM⸣.DIRI | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x] e-mar | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}kal₃-zi | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x] x | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x]-tu-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x mi-i]-nu ša₂ ṭe₃-mu-ni | |
| 3 | [lip-ru-su] liš-pa-ru-u₂-ni | |
| 4 | {1}x]—⸢ZI⸣—AŠ {lu₂}A.BA-ma | |
| 5 | [ina x]+⸢x⸣ UD-me-šu₂ il-la-ka | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—mu-še-ṣi {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR {lu₂}A.BA—E₂—DINGIR | |
| 7 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | [as-sa]-ap-ra na-aṣ hi pa-ni-tu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | ša {lu₂}GAL—A.BA {lu₂}GAL—A.BA | |
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