RMA 127 (P336443)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336443 |
| 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 | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, (and) one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44– | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; happiness; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king will make his throne last long. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Bamaya. |
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 u 20 KUR-ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu₂ SI SI i-dir | |
| 2 | ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂-ma DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-me | |
| 3 | SILIM-mu kiš-ša₂-ti | |
| 4 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 5 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃-bi DUG₃.GA DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 6 | a-na SIG₅-tim i-ha-sa-su hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bi LUGAL DUG₃.GA MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 8 | par-ga-niš ina EDIN NA₂-iṣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qu₂-lu KUR i-kan at-mu-u | |
| 2 | ke-e-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR {giš}GU.ZA SUMUN-bar | |
| 4 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u LUGAL KUR uz-nu DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 5 | ša {1}ba-ma-a.a | |
Sources & licences
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