RMA 211aa (P336512)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 211aa |
|---|---|
| ID | P336512 |
| 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] reaches Jupiter and [follows, variant]: approaches and stands: a flood will carry off the land. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [If Jupiter] reaches [Venus] and passes her: a massive flood will come. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If Venus] comes close to [Jupite]r: the king of the Westland [will see] destruction. [...] comes near: land will become hostile to king, brother to brother [......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [If ... dro]ps: the land will experience hemming in; [......]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [If ...] is there continually: rain and floods will [...; the harvest of the la]nd will prosper [......]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [......] it rains, a rainbow [stretches ......] ... [......]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] wherever he goes [......]. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [......] ... [......] all lands [...... the rich] will become poor [..... there will be recon]ciliation and peace in all lands. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] there will be deaths, variant: hostilities in the land. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] ... will fall, the troops [....]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | [......] 30th day will be destroyed [......] ... [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}dil-bat {mul]}ŠUL.PA.E₃ ik-šu-dam-ma [o] | |
| 2 | [i-red-di KI.MIN] iq-rib-ma GUB bi-ib-lum KUR ub-bal [o] | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}dil-bat {mul}ŠUL.PA.E₃] ik-šu-dam-ma DIB-ši A.KAL gap-šu₂ DU-⸢ak⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ana {mul}ŠUL.PA].⸢E₃⸣ TE LUGAL MAR.TU{ki} NAM.GILIM.⸢MA⸣ [IGI] | |
| 5 | [x x] DIM₄ KUR ana MAN ŠEŠ ŠEŠ KUR₂-⸢ir⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 x x] ⸢ŠUB⸣-di KUR me-si-ru IGI [x x x x] | |
| 7 | 1 x x] sa-dir A.AN u A.KAL-MEŠ um [x x] | |
| 8 | [BURU₁₄] ⸢KUR⸣ SI.SA₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] AN ŠUR-nun {d}TIR.AN.NA [GIL x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x] in ru [x] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢a⸣-šar DU-⸢ku⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] KUR DU₃.A.[BI x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] ni [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] LAL₂.DU | |
| 5' | [x x x taš-mu]-u₂ u SILIM-mu ina KUR DU₃.A.⸢BI⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] UŠ₂-MEŠ KI.MIN {mi₂}KUR₂-MEŠ ina KUR ⸢GAL₂⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ra-šu₂ ŠUB-ut ERIM-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x UD] 30-KAM₂ HUL-pat [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | BE ⸢DU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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
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