RMA 234a (P336528)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 234a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336528 |
| 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 M]ars [...] in [...: ...] will become good, ... [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If M]ars en[ters Leo and stands (there)]: fall of cattle [will take place]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The Bridle star portends an attack of [Subartu]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The Bridle star is L[eo]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | — Mars stood in [Leo]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If Ma]rs [stands] in the east: attack of Subartu. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | — Mars stands [in] Leo. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [From] Bal[asî]. |
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 ina [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] DUG₃-ab in-[x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 {mul]}⸢ṣal⸣-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ {mul}[UR.GU.LA TU-ma GUB] | |
| 4 | ŠUB-tim MAŠ₂.ANŠE [GAR-an] | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}rap-pu a-na ⸢ZI⸣-ut [SU.BIR₄{ki]} | |
| 6 | {mul}rap-pu {mul}UR.[GU.LA] | |
| 7 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ {mul}[UR.GU.LA] | |
| 8 | GUB-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}ṣal]-⸢bat⸣-a-nu ina {im}KUR.RA [GUB-iz] | |
| 2 | ⸢ZI-ut⸣ SU.BIR₄{ki} [o] | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu [ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 4 | {⸢mul⸣}UR.GU.LA GUB-[ma] | |
| 5 | [ša] {1}ba-⸢la⸣-[si-i] | |
Sources & licences
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