RMA 168 (P336479)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336479 |
| 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 the moon in Nisan (I) is seen with the sun neither on the 14th nor on the [15th day]: campaigning troops of the enemy will make a razzia into [the land] and [...] the land; there wil[l be] an uprising in the land. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 66– | If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: one king [will send hostile messages] to another; the king [will be shut up] in his palace; [the step of] the enemy [will be set towards his land]; the enemy [will march around] victorious[ly in his land]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: the king of Subartu [will become strong and have no] rival. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 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 30 ina {iti}BARAG lu UD 14-KAM lu [UD 15-KAM] | |
| 2 | KI {d}UTU NU IGI-[ir] | |
| 3 | ERIM-ni KASKAL {lu₂}KUR₂ a-na [KUR] | |
| 4 | ih-hab-ba-ta-nim-ma KUR ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5 | HI.GAR ina KUR ⸢GAL₂⸣-[ši] | |
| 6 | 1 UD 16-KAM 30 u 20 KI a-ha-⸢meš⸣ [IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | LUGAL ana LUGAL {⸢mi₂⸣}[KUR₂ KIN] | |
| 8 | LUGAL ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ [u₂-ta-sar] | |
| 9 | [GIR₃.2 {lu₂}KUR₂ [a-na KUR-šu₂] | |
| 10 | [GAR-an] {lu₂}KUR₂ šal-ṭa-[niš ina KUR-šu₂ DU.DU-ak] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 16-KAM 30 u 20 KI [a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki} [i-dan-nin-ma] | |
| 3 | GABA.RI [NU TUK-ši] | |
| 4 | ša {1}15—MU—KAM-eš | |
Sources & licences
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