RMA 139 (P336459)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336459 |
| 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– | If the moon and sun are in balance: reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the world will make the throne last long. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 44– | — It will be seen on the 14th day. The remainder of the words are (also) favorable for the king my lord; (when the moon) went into clouds we did not see it. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 8o 8– | If the moon at its appearance glides through clouds: the flood will come. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "to glide" is "to go." |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2r 2– | If the moon at its appearance "piles up" the sky: it will rain. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 44–r 44 | — It is seen in a piled-up cloud. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 55–r 55 | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
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 {d}30 {d}ša₂-maš ši-it-qu-lu | |
| 2 | at-mu-u ke-e-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| pi-i ni-ši | ||
| 3 | LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti {giš}GU.ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| 4 | UD 14-KAM₂\t in-na-mar-ma | |
| 5 | re-eh-ti di-ib-bi du-un-qu | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia ina ŠA₃ IM.DIRI-MEŠ | |
| ur-pa-a-ti | ||
| 7 | il-lak la ne₂-mur | |
| 8 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ina IM.DIRI-MEŠ DIRI-pu | |
| ur-pa-a-ti i-qe-lip-pu | ||
| 9 | A.KAL il-la-ak | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ne₂-eq-il-pu-u a-la-ku | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AN-u₂ DUB-ik | |
| ša₂-mu-u ša₂-pi-ik | ||
| 3 | zu-un-nu iz-za-nun | |
| 4 | ina IM.DIRI ša₂-pi-ik-ti in-na-mar-ma | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
Sources & licences
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