RMA 246g (P336545)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 246g |
|---|---|
| ID | P336545 |
| 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 22 | [If the Pleiades] come close to the moon, [enter it], and come out: [the king ...] will exercise supreme power. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 44–o 44 | — [The Pleiades] will come close to the moon. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 55–o 66 | [Sin] sent a good [sign to the king my lord]. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 77–o 99 | [The Pleiades are (equivalent to)] Mars ...... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [On the xth day] of Sivan (III) [... be]came visible. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [Mer]cury became visible on the 16th day [of Si]van (III). |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [Now let] the heart of the king our lord, [which] was [sad, be] very [happy]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [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.MUL] a-na {d}30 TE-ma | |
| iṭ-hu-ma | ||
| 2 | [x x x] a-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 3 | [LUGAL x x] ⸢kiš⸣-šu₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 4 | [MUL.MUL] a-na {d}30 i-ṭa-ah-hu-ma | |
| 5 | {[d}30 ⸢x x x du⸣-un-qi | |
| 6 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] is-sap-ra | |
| 7 | [MUL.MUL {mul]}ṣal-bat-a-nu | |
| 8 | [x x x x e]-ti-it-U₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x]-qu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [UD x]-⸢KAM₂⸣ ša {iti}SIG₄ | |
| 2 | {[mul}x x it]-tan-mar | |
| 3 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM].GUD.UD UD 16-KAM₂ | |
| 4 | [ša {iti]}⸢SIG₄⸣ it-tan-mar | |
| 5 | [u₂-ma-a] ŠA₃ ša ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ni | |
| 6 | [ša iš-pil]-u-ni | |
| 7 | [lu ṭa-ba a]—dan-niš | |
| 8 | [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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