RMA 251 (P336549)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336549 |
| 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 a fog rolls in Shebat (XI): eclipse of the land of the Kassites. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If there is fog in the land: plenty for the people. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If fog lasts in the land: the land's dynasty will rule the world. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If a fog rolls on the day of the city god: (this) is not written down; this is a propitious fog, it is not considered bad. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77– | This night a star stood [in] the head of Scorpius in front of the moon. The omen from it does not portend anything (bad), it will not be excerpted at all. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | If the Obsidian star (and) Antares, which stand in the br[east] of Sc[orpius, s]tood in front of the moon, this is a normal sign. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Let them intercalate a month; all the stars of the sky have fallen behind. Adar (XII) must not pass unfavorably; let them intercalate! |
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 ina {iti}ZIZ₂ IM.DUGUD iq-tur | |
| 2 | AN.MI {kur}kaš-ši-i | |
| 3 | 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD GAL₂-ši nu-huš UN-MEŠ | |
| 4 | 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD sa-dir BALA KUR kiš-šu₂-tu₂ BE-el | |
| 5 | 1 ina UD DINGIR URU IM.DUGUD iq-tur la ša₂-ṭi-ir | |
| 6 | IM.DUGUD SIG₅ šu-u a-na HUL la uk-ta-la | |
| 7 | i-na mu-ši an-ni-i-e kak-ka-bu | |
| 8 | [ina] SAG.DU ša {mul}GIR₂.TAB | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina IGI {d}30 it-ti-ti-iz | |
| 2 | GISKIM-šu₂ la i-lap-pa-[at] | |
| 3 | la-aš₂-šu₂ la in-na-sa-[ha] | |
| 4 | šum-ma {mul}ṣur-ru {mul}LI₉.SI₄ ša ⸢GABA⸣ | |
| 5 | ša {mul}[GIR₂.TAB] ⸢iz⸣-za-zu-[u-ni] | |
| 6 | ina IGI {d}30 [it]-ti-ti-[su] | |
| 7 | šu-u GISKIM ka-a.a-ma-nu | |
| 8 | ITI lid-ru-ru MUL AN-e gab-bu | |
| 9 | it-ta-⸢mar⸣-ku-u ina HUL {iti}ŠE | |
| 10 | lu la et-ti-iq lid-ru-ru | |
Sources & licences
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