RMA 252d (P336550)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 252d |
|---|---|
| ID | P336550 |
| 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 f[og occ]urs reg[ularly] in the land: the dynasty of the land will rule [the world]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If a fog rolls and a wind rises: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55– | [We kept] watch for the moon; on the 29th day, there were clouds, [we did not see the moon]. On the next day [...] it was 2 days old. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | On the 5th and 6th day let [...] perform [the work] with each other. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 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 ina KUR ⸢IM⸣.[DUGUD sa]-⸢dir⸣ | |
| 2 | BALA KUR [kiš-šu-tu₂] i-be₂-[el] | |
| 3 | 1 IM.DUGUD iq-tur-⸢ma⸣ TU₁₅ ⸢ZI⸣ | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ ana KUR ARHUŠ TUK-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ma-ṣar-tu₂ ša {d}30 [ni-ta-ṣar] | |
| 6 | UD 29-KAM₂ IM.DIRI {[d}30 la ne₂-mur] | |
| 7 | a-na 02-e UD-me pa-[x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | ša 02 UD-MEŠ ⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 05-KAM₂\t UD 06-⸢KAM₂\t⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | is-sa-a-he-e-[iš dul-lu] | |
| 3 | le-pu-u-[šu] | |
| 4 | 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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