RMA 196 (P336499)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 196 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336499 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | If Jupi[ter in Sivan (III)] approaches and stands where the s[un shines] forth, (if) it is brig[ht and its features] are red, its rising is as perfect as [the rising of the sun]: a[ngry] gods will be reconciled with Akkad; [there will be] copi[ous] rain and regular [floods] in Akkad; barley and sesame will increase, and the equivalent of (only) 1 litre will (have to) be paid for 1 kor; the gods in the sky will stand in their (appropriate) positions; their shrines will see wealth. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | If Jupiter becomes steady in the morning: enemy kings will make peace. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | If Jupiter carries radiance: the king is well; the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If Jupiter is bright: the ki[ng] will reach the [hig]hest rank. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | If Aur[iga carries radian]ce: the foundation of the throne will become stable. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | If Jupiter becomes visible in the path of the Anu stars: there will be a flood, and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Bulluṭu. |
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 {mul}SAG.[ME.GAR ina {iti}SIG₄] u₂-qar-rib-ma | |
| 2 | a-šar {d}[UTU ul-ta]-⸢pa⸣-a GUB-iz | |
| 3 | ba-ʾi-[il zi-mu-šu₂] SA₅ | |
| 4 | KUR-šu₂ ki-[ma KUR {d}UTU] ga-mir | |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢ze⸣-[nu-ti ana] KUR—URI{ki} SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 6 | A.AN ṭuh-[di A.KAL] si-id-ru-ti | |
| 7 | ina KUR—URI{ki} [GAL₂-MEŠ] ŠE u {še}GIŠ.I₃ i-ma-id-ma | |
| 8 | KI.LAM 01 qa-TA.AM₃ a-na 01 GUR SUM-in | |
| 9 | DINGIR-MEŠ ina AN-e ina man-zal-ti-šu₂-nu GUB-MEŠ | |
| 10 | BARAG-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ṭuh-du IGI-MEŠ | |
| 11 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina še-er-ti ik-tu-un | |
| 12 | LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ŠE.ER.ZI IL₂-⸢ši⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL ša₂-lim ŠA₃-bi KUR DUG₃-⸢ab⸣ | |
| 2 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ba-ʾi-il | |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [a-ša]-⸢ri⸣-du-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 4 | 1 {d}⸢GAM₃⸣ [ŠE.ER].⸢ZI⸣ [IL₂] SUHUŠ AŠ.TE GIN-an | |
| 5 | 1 {d}SAG.ME.GAR ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}a-nim IGI | |
| 6 | A.KAL GAL₂-ma BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 7 | ša {1}bu-ul-lu-ṭu | |
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