RMA 228 (P336521)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336521 |
| 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 | Mercury came to stand inside Leo. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If Leo is black: the land will not be happy. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | If Regulus is black: the commander of the palace will die. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 7b.e. 7– | 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 | {mul}GUD.UD ina ŠA₃ {mul}UR.GU.LA | |
| 2 | it-ti-ti-zi | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}UR.GU.LA GI₆ | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-bi KUR NU DUG₃.GA | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}LUGAL GI₆ | |
| 6 | mu-ʾi-ir-ru E₂.GAL UŠ₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | ša {1}{d}AG—mu-še-ṣi | |
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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