RMA 244c (P336540)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 244c |
|---|---|
| ID | P336540 |
| 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– | If the Scales [stand in a stable position: there will be] reconciliation and pea[ce in the land]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 33–o 33 | The Scales [are (equivalent) to Saturn]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 4o 4– | Their position is stable [means that Saturn stands] in Cancer. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 66–o 7o 7 | If a planet [stands] in the north: attack of Akkad [against the enemy land]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 88– | — Saturn stands in [Cancer]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [If] the moon [does not wait] for the sun [but sets]: raging of lion[s and wolves]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | — On the 15th day they wi[ll be seen]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | The sighting of Sat[urn is a good sign] for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 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}zi-ba-ni-tum ⸢KI⸣.[GUB-sa₃ GI.NA] | |
| ⸢ma⸣-[za-as-sa ke-e-ne₂] | ||
| 2 | taš-mu-u₂ sa-li-[mu ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3 | {mul}zi-ba-ni-tum {[mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ] | |
| 4 | KI.GUB.BA-sa₃ GI.NA [x x x x] | |
| ma-za-as-sa ke-e-ne₂ | ||
| 5 | ina ŠA₃ {mul}AL.LUL [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ina {im}SI.[SA₂ GUB] | |
| 7 | ZI-ut KUR—URI{ki} [a-na KUR KUR₂] | |
| ⸢te⸣-bu-ut | ||
| 8 | {⸢mul⸣}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina [ŠA₃ {mul}AL.LUL] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [iz]-za-az-[ma] | |
| 2 | 1 {d}30 u {d}ša₂-maš ⸢la⸣ [u₂-qi-ma ir-bi] | |
| 3 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-[MEŠ u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | UD 15-KAM₂\t in-nam-[ma-ru-ma] | |
| 5 | ta-mar-tu₂ ša {mul}UDU.IDIM.[SAG.UŠ SIG₅] | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL EN-ia šu-u [o] | |
| 7 | 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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