RMA 186 (P336492)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336492 |
| 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 Jup]iter becomes steady in the morning: enemy [kings] will be reconciled. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If Jupi]ter carries radiance: the king is we[ll; the land will become] happy; the land will see plenty. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If J]upiter is bright: the king of Akkad will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [If] Engišgalanna becomes bright: [there will be] floods and rains. Engišgalanna is Jupit[er]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If Jupiter becomes visible in Iyyar (II): the land [will eat] abundant food. |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | [If] Nēberu rises and the gods get peace: confused (things) will be made bright, blurred (things) will clear; rains and floods will come; the harvest-time grass will last until winter, the winter grass until harvest time; all lands will dwell in quiet; enemy kings will be reconci[led; the gods] will accept sacrifices, listen to [pray]ers; they will keep answering the di[viner]'s queries. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [From] Nergal-eṭir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}SAG].ME.GAR ina še-er-ti ik-tu-[un] | |
| 2 | [LUGAL-MEŠ] KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME].GAR ša₂-ru-ru na-ši LUGAL ša₂-[lim] | |
| 4 | [ŠA₃ KUR] DUG₃.GA KUR HE₂.NUN IGI-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 {mul]}SAG.ME.GAR ba-ʾi-il LUGAL URI{ki} | |
| 6 | [a]-ša₂-ri-du-tum il-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 7 | 1 {⸢mul⸣}EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA i-ba-ʾi-il | |
| 8 | A.KAL-ME u A.AN-ME [GAL₂-ME] | |
| 9 | {mul}EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA {mul}SAG.ME.[GAR] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina {iti}GUD IGI KUR NINDA ⸢nap⸣-[ša₂ KU₂] | |
| 2 | 1 {mul}ne₂-bi-ru KUR-ha-ma DINGIR-MEŠ SILIM-ma [TUK-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | e-ša₂-a-tum ZALAG₂-MEŠ dal-ha-a-tum i-zak-⸢ka⸣-[a] | |
| 4 | A.AN-MEŠ u₃ A.KAL-MEŠ DU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢di⸣-iš BURU₁₄ ana EN.TE.NA di-iš EN.TE.NA | |
| 6 | [ana] ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ uš-ta-bar-ru KUR.KUR šub-ti | |
| 7 | [ne₂-eh]-tum TUŠ-MEŠ LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-[MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [DINGIR-MEŠ] SISKUR i-mah-ha-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 9 | [taṣ-li]-⸢tum⸣ i-šem-mu-u₂ te-ret {lu₂}[HAL] | |
| 10 | [i]-⸢ta⸣-nap-pa-lu | |
| 11 | [ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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