RMA 244b (P336539)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 244b |
|---|---|
| ID | P336539 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | If the Scales [...] before the moon [...] the reign of the king will become long [......]. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'– | If Orion [comes close] to [the moon: the day]s of the reign of the king will become long [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If] a meteor's train [extends] to the west: the king of the Westland [will rule the land]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [...] of the sky ... [...... Sat]urn [......]. |
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' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | 1 {mul}zi-ba-ni-tum ana IGI {d}30 ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | BALA LUGAL GID₂.DA [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | 1 {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ana IGI 30 TE] | |
| 5' | [UD]-MEŠ BALA MAN GID₂.DA [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 mi-ši-ih MUL ana {d}UTU.⸢ŠU₂⸣.[A im-šuh] | |
| 2 | LUGAL MAR{ki} [KUR i-be-el] | |
| 3 | [x x] AN-e za ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | {[mul}UDU].⸢IDIM⸣.SAG.UŠ [x x x x x] | |
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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