RMA 161 (P336476)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336476 |
| 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 seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon becomes late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | If the moon is hasty in its movement: business will diminish. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | From Bamaya. |
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-KAM 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na KUR IL₂-ši | |
| 4 | KA₂.GAL URU KUR₂ ina-qar | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šu₂ uh-hi-ram-ma <NU> IGI.LAL | |
| 6 | ti-be₂-e URU kiš-šu₂-ti | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina DU-šu₂ e-zi | |
| 8 | KI.LAM TUR-ir | |
| 9 | 1 30 u 20 la u₂-qi-ma ŠU₂-bi | |
| 10 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-MEŠ | |
| 11 | u₃ UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {1}ba-ma-a.a | |
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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