RMA 136b (P336450)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136b |
|---|---|
| ID | P336450 |
| 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 and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — On the 14th day it will be seen with the sun. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will reme[mber] Akkad favorab[ly]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the steppe undisturbed]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [...] on the 14th day [the moon and] sun were seen to[gether]; its interpretation is like t[his]: |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | If the moon and [sun are] in balance: reliable spee[ch] will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the universe will make the throne last long. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Tishri (VII), 14th day, eponymy of [La]basi. |
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 šu-ta-tu-u | |
| 2 | LUGAL KUR uz-nu u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | UD 14-KAM₂ it-ti {d}UTU IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 4 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 5 | KA GI.NA [ŠA₃] KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 6 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{[ki} ana] {mi₂}SIG₅ | |
| 7 | [i]-ha-⸢as⸣-[sa-su] bu-lum KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 8 | [par-ga-niš ina EDIN] i-rab-bi-iṣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] UD 14-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | {[d}30 u] {d}UTU | |
| 3 | it-⸢ti⸣ [a-ha-meš it]-tan-ma-ru | |
| 4 | ki-i ⸢an⸣-[ni-i] pi-ša₂-ar-šu₂ | |
| 5 | 1 30 u 20 ši]-it-qu-lu₄ | |
| 6 | at-⸢mu⸣-[u] ki-i-nu | |
| 7 | ina pi-[i] UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 8 | LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti {giš}GU.ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| 9 | {iti}DU₆ UD 14-KAM lim-me {1}la]-ba-si | |
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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