RMA 160a (P336475)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 160a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336475 |
| 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 the moon and sun [are in balance: the land will become stable]; reli[able] speech will be placed [in the mouth of people]; the kin[g of the land will make] the throne [last long]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | — On the 14(!)th day it will b[e seen] with [the sun]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | If the moon and sun [are in opposition]: the king of the land [will widen his understand]ing. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | — On the 14th day it [will be seen]. |
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 {d}30 {d}ša₂-maš ⸢ši⸣-[it-qu-lu KUR i-kan] | |
| 2 | at-mu-u₂ ki-[i-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | iš-šak-kan ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR] | |
| 4 | {giš}GU.ZA [u₂-lab-bar] | |
| 5 | UD 15-KAM₂ TA@v {[d}UTU] | |
| 6 | in-na-[mar-ma] | |
| 7 | 1 {d}30 {d}ša₂-maš [šu-ta-tu-u] | |
| 8 | LUGAL KUR uz-[nu u₂-rap-pa-aš₂] | |
| 9 | UD 14-KAM₂ in-[nam-mar-ma] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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