RMA 200 (P336503)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336503 |
| 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–o 33 | If a star flares up and its flare is as bright as daylight, (and) in its flaring up it has a tail like a scorpion: this sign is good; it does not (only) refer to the master of the house, but to the whole land. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | If there is bennu-disease in all lands: the evil man will disappear, there will be truth, the poor will become rich, the rich will become poor; this master of the house, variant: this king, will stand in his truth; there will be reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | This (omen) is from the se[ries]. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99– | If a meteor [flares up] from the rising of the [north wind] to the rising of the south wind, and its train has a tail like a [scorpion], let the nurse [...] embrace [...] Enlil, counsellor [......]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | This (omen) is from the mouth of a scholar, when Nebuchadnezar broke Elam. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | If a planet becomes visible in Tammuz (IV): there will be deaths. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | If Centaurus flickers when it comes out: prospering of the harvest, business will be steady. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | These (omens) are from Mercury. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | From Nabû-mušeṣi. |
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 SUR-ma ṣe-re-er-šu₂ GIM UD.DA na-mir | |
| 2 | ina ṣa-ra-ri-šu₂ GIM nam-maš-ti GIR₂.TAB KUN GAR-in | |
| 3 | GISKIM ši-i SIG₅ ul ša₂ EN—E₂-ma EN—E₂-ma ša KUR ka-la-ša₂ | |
| 4 | BE-ma be-en-nu ina KUR DU₃.A.BI GAL₂-ši | |
| 5 | rag-gu ZAH₂ kit-tu GAL₂-ši lap-nu i-šar-ri | |
| 6 | NIG₂.TUK LAL₂.DU EN—E₂ EN—E₂ BI KI.MIN LUGAL BI | |
| 7 | ina kit-ti-šu₂ GUB-az taš-mu-u SILIM-mu ina KUR GAL₂ | |
| 8 | an-ni-u ša iš-[ka-ri] | |
| 9 | 1 MUL—GAL ul-tu ti-ib {[im}SI.SA₂] | |
| 10 | a-na ti-ib {im}U₁₈.LU [SUR-ma] | |
| 11 | mi-ši-ih-šu₂ GIM nam-maš-⸢ti⸣ [GIR₂.TAB KUN] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂-kin ta-ri-tu [x x x x] | |
| 2 | li-in-ni-di-[ir x x x] | |
| 3 | {d}EN.LIL₂ ma-li-⸢ku⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | an-ni-u ša pi-i um-⸢ma⸣-[ni] | |
| 5 | ki-i {1}{d}PA—ku-dur₂—PAB {kur}NIM.MA{[ki]} ih-pu-u-ni | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ina {iti}ŠU IGI.LAL UŠ₂-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}EN.TE.NA.BAR.GUZ ina E₃-šu₂ mul-lu-uh | |
| 8 | SI.SA₂ BURU₁₄ KI.LAM GI.NA | |
| 9 | an-nu-ti ša {d}GUD.UD | |
| 10 | ša {1}{d}PA—mu-še-ṣi | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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