RMA 208a (P336510)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 208a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336510 |
| 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 Venus disappears in the west in Ab (V) from] the 1st to the 30th day: there will be [rains]; the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If Venus in Ab (V)] descends darkly to the horizon and sets: [fall of Elam and it]s troops in battle will take place. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [......] will make less [......] and [......] ... |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [......] days [......] she [...... its] interpre[tation is as fo]llows: |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [If ...] comes close [to the moon] and stan[ds] there: [......] will be sated [...... the king of the land] will widen [(his) understanding ...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...... tou]ched [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [From Bala]sî. |
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}dil-bat ina {iti}NE TA] UD 01-KAM₂ EN UD 30-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | [ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A TUM₃ A.AN-MEŠ] GAL₂-MEŠ BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina {iti}NE] ⸢ad⸣-riš uš-tak-ti-it-ma ir-bi | |
| 4 | [ŠUB-tim NIM.MA u] ⸢ERIM⸣-šu₂ ina {giš}TUKUL GAR-an | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-maṭ-ṭa-ma | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ma | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ki | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x]-kan-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]-hi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] UD-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ši-i | |
| 3 | [x x x ki-i an]-ni-i-e pi-[še-er-šu₂] | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}x x ana IGI {d}30 iṭ-hi-ma GUB-[iz] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]-ti i-ša₂-bi-ma [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x LUGAL KUR uz-nu] u₂-rap-pa-[aš₂ x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x il]-pu-ut [x x] | |
| 8 | [ša {1}ba-la]-si-i | |
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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