RMA 144 (P336464)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336464 |
| 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–o 33 | On the 14th day the moon and sun were seen together. This night, the moon was surrounded by a halo, and Saturn stood inside the halo with the moon. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | 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; joy among the troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | If the moon is slow in its course: the harvest of the land will prosper. — It is seen on the 14th day. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | It means that on the 14th day one god is seen with the other, or, that Saturn stands with the moon on the 14th day. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If] the sun stands in a halo of the moon: they will speak the [tru]th in a[ll] lands; the son [will speak] the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | — [Saturn] stands in the halo of the moon. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [If the sun] stands [in the position of] the moon: [the king of the land] will sit firmly on the throne. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | — [Saturn] stands [with] the moon. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [From Akkull]anu. |
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 | UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u₃ {d}UTU KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | mu-šu an-ni-u₂ {d}30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma | |
| 3 | {d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ KI {d}30 GUB-iz | |
| 4 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ KA GI.NA | |
| 5 | ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} a-na {mi₂}SIG₅ i-ha-sa-su | |
| 6 | HUL₂ ŠA₃ ERIM-MEŠ bu-ul KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš ina EDIN i-rab-bi-iṣ | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina DU-šu₂ ne₂-eh BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ UD 14-KAM₂\t IGI-ma | |
| 8 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ LUGAL KUR uz-na DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 9 | ša UD 14-KAM₂\t DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI-MEŠ KI.MIN {d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ | |
| 10 | UD 14-KAM₂ it-ti {d}30 GUB-az-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}UTU ina TUR₃ 30 GUB-iz ina KUR DU₃.[A.BI] | |
| 2 | [kit]-⸢tum⸣ i-ta-mu-u DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-⸢tum⸣ [i-ta-me] | |
| 3 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ] ina TUR₃ 30 GUB-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {d}UTU ina KI.GUB] 30 GUB-iz | |
| 5 | [LUGAL KUR ina] AŠ.TE i-ka-na | |
| 6 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ KI] 30 GUB-az-ma | |
| 7 | [ša {1}ak-kul]-⸢la⸣-ni | |
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