RMA 232 (P336526)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 232 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336526 |
| 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 | [Ma]rs became visible in Tammuz (IV) (and) is faint. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [If Mars] becomes visible in Tammuz (IV): the cemetery of the warriors will enlarge. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Mars] is said to (portend) death. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If Ma]rs stands in the east: attack of Subartu and the Kassites against the land. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If] Mars rises scintillating and its radiance is yellow: the king of Elam will die. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 88– | If Nergal in his appearance is very small and white, and scintillates very much like the fixed stars: he will have mercy on Akkad; the force of my troops will go and defeat the enemy troops, it will conquer the land for which it strives; the enemy troops will not (be able to) stand in the face of my troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed; sesame (and) dates will prosper. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If a planet comes near the Anzu star: horses will die. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | It did not come near, it is not approaching. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | If Mars becomes faint, it is good; if it becomes bright, misfortune. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | If Mars goes behind Šulpa'e: this year is good. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Bulluṭu. |
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 | {[d}ṣal-bat]-a-nu ina {iti}ŠU it-ta-mar un-nu-ut | |
| 2 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-a]-⸢nu⸣ ina {iti}ŠU IGI.LAL KI.NA₂ qu-ra-di DAGAL | |
| 3 | {[d}ṣal-bat-a-nu] a-na mu-ta-ni qa-bi | |
| 4 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat]-a-nu ina {im}KUR.RA GUB-iz ZI-ut SU.BIR₄{ki} | |
| 5 | u₃ kaš-ši-i a-na KUR | |
| 6 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu um-mu-liš KUR-ma ŠE.ER.ZI-MEŠ-šu₂ SIG₇ | |
| 7 | LUGAL NIM.MA{ki} UŠ₂ | |
| 8 | 1 {d}U.GUR ina IGI.DU₈.A-šu₂ ṣu₂-hur u BABBAR GAR-in | |
| 9 | ki-ma MUL-MEŠ AN-e ma-aʾ-diš um-mul | |
| 10 | a-na KUR—URI{ki} ARHUŠ TUK-ši | |
| 11 | A₂ ERIM-ia GIN-ma ERIM {lu₂}KUR₂ GAZ | |
| 12 | KUR u₂-ṣar-ra-mu KUR-⸢ad₂⸣ | |
| 13 | ERIM-ni {lu₂}KUR₂ ina IGI ERIM-ni-ia NU GUB.GUB | |
| 14 | MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR—URI{ki} ina EDIN par-ga-niš NA₂-MEŠ | |
| 15 | {še}GIŠ.I₃ ZU₂.LUM.MA SI.SA₂-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ana {mul}AN.ZU is-niq ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ UŠ₂-MEŠ | |
| 2 | la is-niq ina UGU-hi la qur-bu | |
| 3 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu u₂-ta-na-at-ma SIG₅ ib-il-ma a-hi-tu₂ | |
| 4 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu EGIR {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃ DU-ak MU BI dam-qat | |
| 5 | ša {1}bu-lu-ṭu | |
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