RMA 212a (P336515)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 212a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336515 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Per[haps the king, my lord, will say]: "[......]." Venus [is approaching] the constellation [Cancer]; here [is the relevant interpretation]: |
| Reverse [4:11] r 55–r 1111 | If the Goat star [approaches Cancer: there will be] peace and reconciliation [in the country]; the gods [will have] mercy on the country; [empty storage bins] will become full, [the crops of the country will prosper; the sick [of the country will recover]; pregnant women [will carry their foetuses to full term; the great] gods [will abandon the sanctuaries of the country; the temples of the great gods will be restored]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] is not [...] for oppression [...]. For the god's sake, wherefore [...]? |
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' | a-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | is—[su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi] | |
| 2 | ma-a [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {d}dil-bat {mul}[AL.LUL i-ṭa-ah-hi] | |
| 4 | an-ni-u [pi-še-er-šu₂] | |
| 5 | {mul}UZ₃ [a-na {mul}AL.LUL TE-hi] | |
| 6 | taš-mu-u₂ u DI-[mu ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
| 7 | DINGIR-MEŠ ARHUŠ ana KUR [TUK-MEŠ iš-pik-ki re-qu-te] | |
| 8 | DIRI-MEŠ [BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂] | |
| 9 | GIG [TI.LA ina KUR GAL₂-MEŠ] | |
| 10 | {mi₂}PEŠ₄-[MEŠ ŠA₃.ŠA₃-ši-na u₂-šak-la-la] | |
| 11 | DINGIR-[MEŠ GAL-MEŠ aš₂-rat KUR uš-ša₂-ru] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | a-na ha-ba-li la ta-[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | i-lu-um-ma ina UGU mi₃-i-ni [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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