RMA 156 (P336470)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336470 |
| 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 | If on the 15th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the gate of my city. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44– | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Sivan (III) means the Westland; the 15th day means the Westland. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From [B]amaya. |
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 15-KAM₂\t 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš [IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ ana KUR IL₂ | |
| 3 | KA₂.GAL URU-ia {lu₂}KUR₂ ina-qar | |
| 4 | 1 30 20 la u₂-qi-ma ir-bi | |
| 5 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-MEŠ u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {iti}SIG₄ KUR—MAR.TU | |
| 2 | UD 15-KAM₂\t KUR—MAR.TU | |
| 3 | ša {1}⸢ba⸣-ma-a.a | |
Sources & licences
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