RMA 136q (P336456)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136q |
|---|---|
| ID | P336456 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [If the moon and sun are in opposition]: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [— ......] ... (and) the moon are seen on the 14th day. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn] meets [the other]: there will be truth in the land; [the son will speak the truth with his father]; univ[ersal] peace. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [From Ba]lasî. |
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] LUGAL KUR uz-nu u₂-rap-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ {d}30 UD 14-KAM₂ IGI-[ma] | |
| 3 | 1 30 20 KUR-ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu₂ SI SI] i-dir ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂ | |
| 4 | [DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-me] sa-lim kiš-[ša₂-ti] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ka [x x x] | |
| 3' | [ša {1}ba]-la-si-i | |
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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