RMA 179 (P336487)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336487 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1– | If the sun is surrounded by a halo and its gate ope[ns] to the south: the south wind will blow [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 4o 4– | If on the day of disappearance of the moon the south wind [blows]: rain [......]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 66–o 66 | The day of disappearance of the moon [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The moon [will complete] the day in [month x]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
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}ša₂-maš TUR₃ NIGIN-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 2 | KA₂-šu₂ ana {im}U₁₈.LU TAR-[us] | |
| ip-ru-[us] | ||
| 3 | {im}U₁₈.LU i-za-aq-[ma x] | |
| 4 | 1 ina UD.NA₂.AM₃ UD.NA₂.AM₃ {im}U₁₈.⸢LU⸣ [x x x] | |
| UD bu-ub-bu-li | ||
| 5 | AN-u₂ [x x x x x] | |
| ša₂-mu-u | ||
| 6 | UD.NA₂.AM₃ UD.NA₂.AM₃ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}30 ina {[iti}x] | |
| 2 | UD-mu [u₂-šal-lam] | |
| 3 | ša {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
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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