RMA 142 (P336462)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336462 |
| 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: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy: [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably; the king will reach [the highest rank]; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66– | If at the moon's appearance one horn meets the other: the flood will come. — On the 14th day their lights looked at each other. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | If the moon is slow in its course: the har[vest of the land will prosper]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | If the moon at its appearance stands, makes ... [..., and], its [dwe]lling place is devastated: there will be [reconciliation and] peace, and [the son] will speak the truth [with his father]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | — [On the 14th day] it is seen with the sun. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 8r.e. 8 | [From Raš]il. |
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-KAM₂ 30 u 20 it]-⸢ti⸣ a-ha-meš IGI-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | [KA GI.NA ŠA₃] KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana] {mi₂}SIG₅ i-has-sa-su | |
| 4 | LUGAL [a-ša₂-ri-du-tu₂] DU-ak | |
| 5 | bu-lim KUR—URI{ki} par₂-ga-niš ina EDIN NA₂-iṣ | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI SI i-dir | |
| 7 | A.KAL DU-kam | |
| 8 | UD 14-KAM₂ UD.DA-su-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina DU-šu₂ ne₂-eh ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ [KUR SI.SA₂] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu GUB-iz ⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ DU₃-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4 | [u KI].TUŠ-su [ra]-ah-ṣa-at | |
| 5 | [taš-mu-u₂ u] SILIM-mi GAL₂-ma | |
| 6 | [DUMU KI AD-šu₂] ⸢kit⸣-ti i-ta-⸢mi⸣ | |
| 7 | [UD 14-KAM₂ KI {d]}UTU IGI-ma | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [ša {1}TUK-ši]—DINGIR | |
Sources & licences
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