RMA 229 (P336522)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 229 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336522 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 2o 2 | [If ...] looks [at the foundation of the s]ky [...] the sky catches the ground [...], there wil[l be] rising of wind, variant: heat. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 44–o 44 | [Me]rcury [...] its position |
| Obverse [7:8] o 55–o 55 | [...] will be seen [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 66–o 66 | ["Heat"] (means) hot we[ather]. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 77– | [...] star [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | (r 2) (Break) |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [From Nabû-ahhe-erib]a. |
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 x UR₂ AN]-e IGI.BAR [x x x] | |
| [x x] UR₂ tap-pal-la-as [x] | ||
| 2 | AN-u₂ KI kaš-du-u₂ [x x] | |
| ša₂-mu-u kaq-qa-ru ka-aš₂-du-u₂ [x] | ||
| 3 | ZI TU₁₅ KI.MIN um-šum GAL₂-[ši] | |
| [ti]-ib ša₂-a-ri um-šu₂ | ||
| 4 | 1 {mul}UDU].⸢IDIM⸣.GUD.UD man-za-as-su [x x] | |
| 5 | [x x] in-na-mar [x x] | |
| 6 | [um-šum] ṣu-ur-[hi] | |
| 7 | [x x x] MUL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | [ša {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ]—⸢SU⸣ | |
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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