RMA 159 (P336474)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336474 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If on the 15th day the moon and sun are s[een] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gates. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon does not wait for the sun but se[ts]: raging of lion and w[olf]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | If at the appearance of the moon one horn passes the other: the kings of all lands will bec[ome] enemies. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | In Sivan (III) on the 16th day let him take upstream the rope of a b[oat]: his saving protective deity will guide [him] again and again. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Issar-šumu-ereš. |
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 | KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na KUR i-na-aš₂-ša₂-[a] | |
| 4 | KA₂.GAL-MEŠ {lu₂}KUR₂ i-na-[qar] | |
| 5 | 1 30 u 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-[bi] | |
| 6 | na-an-dur UR.MAH u UR.[BAR.RA] | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI SI i-⸢ti⸣-[iq] | |
| 8 | LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ KUR DU₃.A.BI KUR₂-[MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}SIG₄ UD 16-[KAM₂\t] | |
| 2 | aš₂-la ša {giš}⸢MA₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na ma-hi-ir-ti li-iṣ-⸢bat⸣ | |
| 4 | {d}LAMA mu-šal-li-im-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | it-ta-na-ar-[ri] | |
| 6 | ša {1}15—MU—KAM-[eš] | |
Sources & licences
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