RMA 111 (P336433)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336433 |
| 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 | [The moon] was surrounded by a halo, Cancer [sto]od in it. This is its interpretation: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo and the north wind blows: the gods will raise [..., and] the gods will provide good fortune for the land. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [If the moon] is surrounded by [a halo] and it lingers on: givi[ng of the re]ign to [the king]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [If] there is fog [in the land]: plenty [for the people]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [If] there is continually fog [in] the land: the dynasty of the land will rule the world. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [If] there is continuous fog every day: business will become abundant. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From] Šumaya. |
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 | {[d}30 ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN-mi {mul}AL.LUL ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 2 | [it-ti]-ti-⸢iz⸣ an-ni-u₂ pi-še-er-šu | |
| 3 | 1 30 ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN-ma {mul}AL.LUL ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [iz]-⸢zi⸣-iz LUGAL URI{ki} ba-la-ṭu ur-ra-ak | |
| 5 | 1 30 ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN-ma {im}SI.SA₂ DU-ik | |
| 6 | [x] DINGIR-MEŠ IL₂-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[ma] DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [du]-mu-uq KUR u₂-kal-lu | |
| 8 | 1 30 TUR₃] NIGIN-ma id-lip na-⸢da⸣-[an] | |
| 9 | [pa]-⸢le⸣-e a-na [LUGAL] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina KUR] IM.DUGUD GAL₂-ši nu-huš [UN-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | 1 ina] KUR IM.DUGUD sa-dir pa-le-e KUR | |
| 3 | kiš-šu₂-tu₂ i-be₂-el | |
| 4 | 1 IM.DUGUD UD-me-šam sa-dir | |
| 5 | [o] KI.LAM ina-pu-uš | |
| 6 | [ša] {1}šu-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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