RMA 256 (P336554)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336554 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1– | As to the ritual about which the king my lord spoke, we shall perform it this night of the 22nd day before Venus and Sirius, (and) the chanters will also perform (their ritual). |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If Adad thunders in the middle of Taurus: the king will conquer a country not belonging to him. |
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 | ina UGU dul-li ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 2 | iq-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 3 | mu-šu an-ni-u₂ ša₂ UD 22-KAM₂ | |
| 4 | ina pa-an {mul}dil-bat | |
| 5 | ina pa-an {mul}GAG.SI.SA₂ | |
| 6 | a-ni-in-nu ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}ka-le-e e-pa-šu-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}IM ina MURUB₄ {mul}is—le-e | |
| 2 | GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-di LUGAL | |
| 3 | KUR la šu-a-tum ŠU-su KUR-⸢ad₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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