RMA 135 (P336448)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336448 |
| 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 on the 14th day the moon and su[n] are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will re[memb]er Akkad favorably; |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44– | the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed; joy among the troops; the king will become happy. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If the moon and sun are in o]pposition: there will be a truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Adad-šumu-uṣur. |
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 UD 14-KAM 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš | |
| 2 | IGI.LAL-MEŠ KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅-tim i-[ha-sa]-⸢su⸣ | |
| 4 | bu-ul KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš | |
| 5 | ina EDIN i-rab-bi-[iṣ] | |
| 6 | hu-ud ŠA₃ ERIM-MEŠ ŠA₃ LUGAL DUG₃.GA-⸢ab⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u {d}UTU šu]-ta-tu-u ina KUR ZI GAL₂-ma | |
| 2 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-ma | |
| 3 | 1 UD a-na mi-na-te-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 4 | BALA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB | |
Sources & licences
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