RMA 176 (P336485)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 176 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336485 |
| 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 sun stays in the position of the moon: the king of the land will sit firmly on the throne. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [If] a sun disk stands above the moon (and) below the moon: the foundation of the throne will become stable; the king of the land will stay in his truth. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | If the sun disk and the moon are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Tonight Saturn approached the moon. Saturn is the star of the sun, (and) the relevant interpretation is as follows: it is good for the king. The sun is the star of the king. |
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}UTU ina man-za-zi {d}30 GUB-iz | |
| 2 | LUGAL KUR ina {giš}GU.ZA i-ka-na | |
| 3 | 1 AŠ.ME AN.TA-nu 30 KI.TA-nu 30 GUB-iz | |
| 4 | SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA i-ka-na | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR ina kit-ti-šu₂ GUB-az | |
| 6 | 1 AŠ.ME u 30 šu-ta-tu-u | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR uz-nu u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mu-šu₂ MI an-ni-i-u₂ | |
| 2 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ a-na {d}30 | |
| 3 | iq-ṭi-ri-ib {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ | |
| 4 | MUL {d}UTU šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | ki-i an-ni-i-e | |
| 6 | pi-še-er-šu₂ SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL šu-u | |
| 7 | {d}UTU MUL šar-ri šu-u | |
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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