RMA 234 (P336527)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 234 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336527 |
| 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 | If Mars comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the moon god will resettle a bad land. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If a planet stands at the left horn of the moon: the king will exercise world rule. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If a star stands left in front of the moon: the king will exercise world rule. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If a star stands left behind the moon: the king of Akkad will exercise world rule. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 77–o 88 | If the Field star stands at its left horn: in that year the cultivated fields of Akkad will prosper. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 99– | If the Field star stands at (the moon's) shoulder: in that year the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If a star stands at the left horn of the moon: the enemy land will exp[erience] evil. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If a star stands at its left horn: eclipse of the ki[ng of the Westland]; business of that land will diminish, variant: Adad will devastate. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | If a star stands at its left horn: an eclipse of the king of the West will take place. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | If a star (...) at its left horn: Adad will devour in the enemy land, variant: an eclipse will take place, variant: eclipse of the king of the Westland; his land will diminish. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | From Zakir. |
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 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ana IGI 30 TE-ma GUB-iz | |
| 2 | 30 KUR HUL-ta TUŠ-ib | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ina SI KAB 30 GUB LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 4 | 1 MUL ina IGI 30 KAB GUB LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 5 | 1 MUL ina EGIR 30 KAB GUB LUGAL URI{ki} ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ina SI KAB-šu₂ GUB-iz ina MU BI | |
| 8 | me-reš KUR—URI{ki} SI.SA₂ | |
| 9 | 1 {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ina MAŠ.QA-šu₂ GUB ina MU BI BURU₁₄ KUR | |
| 10 | SI.SA₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 MUL ina SI 150 30 GUB KUR KUR₂ HUL ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 2 | 1 MUL ina SI 150-šu₂ GUB AN.MI ⸢LUGAL⸣ [MAR{ki]} | |
| 3 | GAN₂.BA KUR BI TUR {d}IM RA | |
| 4 | 1 MUL ina SI 150-šu₂ GUB AN.MI LUGAL MAR GAR | |
| 5 | 1 ina SI KAB-šu₂ MUL {d}IM ina KUR KUR₂ KU₂ | |
| 6 | AN.MI GAR AN.MI LUGAL MAR{ki} | |
| 7 | KUR-su TUR-ir | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}za-kir | |
Sources & licences
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