RMA 114 (P336436)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 114 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336436 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [This night] the moon was surrounded by a halo; [Canc]er and Gemini stood in it. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Cancer [stands] in [it]: the king of Akkad will [extend] the life. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and a draw[ing stands in it]: destruction [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88– | Drawing (means) G[emini]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Bulluṭu. |
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 | [MI an-ni-u] 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂ | |
| 2 | {[mul}AL].⸢LUL⸣ {mul}MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-bi GUB-MEŠ | |
| 4 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}AL.LUL ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[šu₂ GUB-iz] | |
| 5 | LUGAL URI{ki} TI.LA [ur-rak] | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}u₂-ṣur-[ti ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB] | |
| 7 | šah-lu-uq-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | {mul}u₂-ṣur-ti {mul}⸢MAŠ⸣.[TAB.BA.GAL.GAL] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {1}bu-ul-lu-ṭu | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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