RMA 216a (P336517)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 216a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336517 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Saturn ... [...]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [If] the horns of Scorpius are twisted: [the enemy] will attack but fall in battle. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [If] the horns [of Scorpius] carry radiance [......]. |
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 | [x] {⸢mul⸣}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ na-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2 | 1 {⸢mul⸣}GIR₂.TAB SI-MEŠ-ša₂ zu-u₂-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}KUR₂] ZI-ma ina {giš}TUKUL ŠUB-ut | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}GIR₂.TAB] SI-MEŠ-ša₂ ša₂-ru-ri na-ša₂-a | |
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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