RMA 155a (P336469)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 155a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336469 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [If on the 14th day the moon and] sun [are seen] toget[her: reliable speech]; the land will become [happy; the gods] will remember Akkad favorab[ly; joy] among the troops; the king will become happy; the c[attl]e of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88– | If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reli[able] speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last long. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land wi[ll widen] his understanding. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From the day [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | day [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | night [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | day [......]. |
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 | [KA GI.NA] ŠA₃-bi KUR [DUG₃-ab] | |
| 3 | [DINGIR-MEŠ] KUR—URI{[ki]} | |
| 4 | [a-na] SIG₅ i-ha-sa-su | |
| 5 | [hu-ud] ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni ŠA₃-bi LUGAL DUG₃-ab | |
| 6 | ⸢MAŠ₂.ANŠE⸣ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 7 | ina EDIN par-ga-niš NA₂-iṣ | |
| 8 | 1 {d}30 u {d}UTU šit-qu-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 9 | KUR i-ka-na at-mu-u ki-[i-nu] | |
| 10 | ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-⸢an⸣ | |
| 11 | LUGAL KUR {giš}AŠ.TE SUMUN-bar | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | LUGAL KUR GIŠ.TUG₂.PI ⸢DAGAL-aš₂⸣ | |
| 3 | TA@v ŠA₃-bi UD-me [x x x] | |
| 4 | UD-mu ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | mu-šu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | UD-mu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
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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