RMA 171 (P336482)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336482 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [If the m]oon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — On the 15th day it is seen with the sun. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon in Adar (XII) is not seen with the sun on the 14th day: [dest]ruction of Ur. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66– | [The moon] will complete the day [in Ni]san (I). |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Balasî. |
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 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-bi | |
| 2 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-MEŠ u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | UD 15-KAM₂\t it-ti {d}UTU IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM₂\t it-ti {d}UTU NU IGI | |
| 5 | [NIG₂.HA].LAM.MA ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} | |
| 6 | 30 ina {iti]}⸢BARAG⸣ UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {1}ba-la-si-i | |
Sources & licences
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