RMA 136l (P336453)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136l |
|---|---|
| ID | P336453 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [If on the 14th day the moon and sun are see]n [together: reliable speech]; the land will become [ha]ppy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad favorably; joy among the troops]; the king will become happy; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie [in the steppe undis]turbed. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | [If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, one horn] meets the other: [there will be truth in the land, and the son] will speak the truth with his [father ......] will be made entirely. |
| 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] the thro[ne last long]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | If the moon and su[n] are in op[position: the king of the land will widen his understanding; ......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From [Nab]û-mušeṣi. |
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 UD 14-KAM₂ KI a-ha-meš IGI].LAL | |
| 2 | [KA GI.NA ŠA₃]-bi KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅] i-ha-sa-su | |
| 4 | [hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni ŠA₃]-bi LUGAL DUG₃.GA | |
| 5 | [bu-ul KUR—URI{ki} ina EDIN par]-⸢ga⸣-niš i-rab-bi-iṣ | |
| 6 | 1 30 20 KUR-ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu₂ SI] SI i-dir | |
| 7 | [ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂-ši-ma DUMU KI AD]-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-me | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣-liš GAR-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qu-lu KUR i-kan | |
| 2 | at-mu-u ke-e-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 3 | LUGAL {giš}GU.[ZA SUMUN-bar] | |
| 4 | 1 30 u 20 šu-[ta-tu-u] | |
| 5 | [LUGAL KUR uz-nu u₂-rap-pa-aš₂] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—mu-še-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
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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