RMA 237 (P336535)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 237 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336535 |
| 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 33 | If the Wolf star [reaches] the Lion star: far-off days [......] for the land. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | The Wolf star is [Mars]; the Lion star is [Leo]; — Mars [stands in Leo]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7o 7– | If a star flares up and enters [...]: there wil[l be] a revolt. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 11–r 11 | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
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}UR.BAR.RA {mul}UR.MAH [KUR-ud x x x] | |
| 2 | UD-me ru-qu-u₂-ti ⸢šu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na ma-a-ti [x x x x] | |
| 4 | {mul}UR.BAR.RA {mul}[ṣal-bat-a-nu] | |
| 5 | {mul}UR.MAH {mul}[UR.GU.LA] | |
| 6 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ {⸢mul⸣}[UR.GU.LA GUB-ma] | |
| 7 | 1 MUL SUR-ma ina ŠA₃ {⸢mul⸣}[x x x] | |
| ka-ak-ka-bu iṣ-ru-ur-ma ⸢mu⸣-[ul x x x] | ||
| 8 | TU-ub HI.GAR ⸢GAL₂⸣-[ši] | |
| e-ru-ub ba-ar-tu₂ ib-⸢ba⸣-[aš₂-ši] | ||
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {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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