RMA 246a (P336542)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 246a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336542 |
| 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 Siri[us is red ......] the land will [eat] carob. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | Siri[us .....] carobs [......]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5o 5–o 66 | Its light [......] at its becoming visible [......] sesame [......]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1– | If Anta[surra ...] a star which is in front [......] in that month [.....]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 44–r 55 | — Mercury is se[en ......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 66–r 66 | 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}GAG.⸢SI⸣.[SA₂ SA₅ x x] | |
| 2 | KUR ha-ru-[be₂-e KU₂] | |
| 3 | {mul}GAG.SI.[SA₂ x x x x] | |
| 4 | ha-ru-be₂-e [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | UD.DA-su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| ṣi-is-su u₂-[x x x] | ||
| 6 | ina na-mu-ri-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | {še}GIŠ.I₃ i-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}AN.TA.[SUR.RA x x x] | |
| 2 | MUL ša IGI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| ka-ka-bu ša₂ pa-ni | ||
| 3 | ina ITI BI [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.⸢GUD⸣.[UD x x] | |
| 5 | in-na-[mar-ma] | |
| 6 | ša {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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