RMA 157 (P336471)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336471 |
| 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 [15t]h day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons in the land; the shrines of the great gods will be torn down. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Nabû-mušeṣi. |
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⸣ 30 u 20 | |
| 2 | KI a-ha-meš IGI.LAL-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu | |
| 4 | {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ ina KUR IL₂-a | |
| 5 | BARAG DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ina-qar | |
| 6 | 1 30 u 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-bi | |
| 7 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-MEŠ | |
| 8 | u₃ UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {1}{⸢d⸣}AG—mu-še-ṣi | |
Sources & licences
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