RMA 138 (P336457)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336457 |
| 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 seen together: speech will become reliable; the land will become happy; the [god]s will remember Akkad favorably; [j]oy among the troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the st]eppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If the moon and sun] are in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88– | [If the moon a]nd sun are in bala[nce]: reliable speech [will be placed] in the mouth [of people]; the king of the world will make the throne last [long]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If one horn meets the other: the flood will come; variant: there will be rains. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | (From) Balasî. |
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 IGI-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [pu]-u₂ i-ka-na ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 3 | [DINGIR]-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana {mi₂}SIG₅ i-ha-as-sa-su | |
| 4 | [hu]-⸢ud⸣ ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni bu-lum KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢EDIN⸣ par-ga-niš i-rab-bi-iṣ | |
| 6 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 7 | [LUGAL KUR] uz-nu u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 8 | 1 30 u] 20 šit-qu-[lu] | |
| 9 | ⸢at⸣-mu-u ki-i-nu ina KA [UN-MEŠ GAR-an] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL ŠU₂ {giš}AŠ.TE u₂-⸢lab⸣-[bar] | |
| 2 | 1 qar-nu qar-nu i-dir A.KAL DU | |
| 3 | A.AN-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 4 | {1}ba-la-si-i | |
Sources & licences
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