RMA 119 (P336439)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336439 |
| 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 at an inappropriate time: business will diminish. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — On the 12th day it was seen with the sun. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | If the moon and sun are seen together not at the normal time: a strong enemy will oppress the land; the king of Akkad will bring about the downfall of his enemy. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | — [On the 1]2th [day] it was seen with the sun. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If the moon] is seen on the 12th day: bad for Akkad, it is [go]od for Elam and the Westland; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | This is bad for Akkad. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Balasî. |
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 ina la si-ma-ni-šu₂ IGI | |
| 2 | KI.LAM TUR-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 3 | UD 12-KAM₂\t it-ti {d}UTU IGI-ma | |
| 4 | 1 ina la me-na-ti-šu₂-nu {d}30 u {d}UTU | |
| 5 | it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu KUR i-se-ʾi | |
| 7 | LUGAL URI{ki} ŠUB-ta {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ GAR-an | |
| 8 | [UD] 12-KAM₂\t it-ti {d}UTU IGI-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ⸢UD⸣ 12-KAM₂\t IGI-ma HUL KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 2 | ⸢SIG₅⸣ NIM.MA{ki} {kur}a-mur-ri-i | |
| 3 | HUL ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} šu-u₂ | |
| 4 | ša {1}ba-la-si-i | |
Sources & licences
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