RMA 247 (P336546)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336546 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | What is this love by which Ištar loves the king my lord and has [sent] the very best to the king my lord! |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | [Venus] made her [posit]ion perfect [.....] she became visible quickly — [a good sign for the king] and his reign. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If Ven]us stays in her position for long: [the da]ys of the king will become long. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the rising of [Venus] is seen early: the king of the land will extend the life. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Issar-šumu-ereš. |
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 | mi-i-nu ra-ʾa-a-mu an-ni-u | |
| 2 | ša {d}15 a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | ⸢ta⸣-ra-ʾa-a-mu-u-ni | |
| 4 | ⸢SIG₅⸣ ša a—dan-niš a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | [taš-pu]-ra-an-ni | |
| 6 | {[d}dil-bat man]-⸢za⸣-sa tu-sa-lim | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ar₂-hiš ta-at-ta-mar | |
| 8 | [SIG₅ ša LUGAL] u BALA-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}dil]-⸢bat⸣ man-za-sa ur-ri-ik | |
| 2 | [UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ LUGAL GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | 1 {[d}dil-bat] MUL-ša₂ ih-ru-um-ma IGI-ir | |
| 4 | LUGAL KUR TI.LA ur-rak | |
| 5 | ša {1}15—MU—KAM | |
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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