RMA 258 (P336559)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336559 |
| 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 3o 3 | If in Ab (V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, a rainbow stretches, lightning flashes: floods will become scarce at the source. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 4o 4– | If Adad shouts on a day without clouds: there will be darkness in the land. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 66–o 66 | "Day without clouds" means Ab (V). |
| Obverse [8:10] o 77–o 88 | If it rains in Ab (V): fall of people. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If a west storm rises: fall of the Westland. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33– | If Adad thunders twice: the land which has sent you hostile messages will send you messages of peace. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 66–r 66 | 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 {iti}NE {d}IM GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-ma | |
| 2 | UD ŠU₂ AN ŠUR {d}TIR.AN.NA GIL | |
| 3 | NIM.GIR₂ ib-ri-iq A.KAL-MEŠ ina IDIM LA₂ | |
| nag-bi | ||
| 4 | 1 ina UD NU ŠU₂ {d}IM is-si | |
| u₂-me la er-pi | ||
| 5 | da-ʾu-um-ma-tu₂ ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | UD-mu la er-pi {iti}NE | |
| 7 | 1 ina {iti}NE AN-u₂ ŠUR-nun | |
| 8 | ŠUB-tim UN-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 me-he-e {im}MAR.TU ZI-a | |
| 2 | ŠUB-tim KUR—MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 3 | 1 {d}IM 02-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-di | |
| 4 | KUR ša {mi₂}KUR₂ KIN-ka | |
| nu-kur-te iš-pur-u-ka | ||
| 5 | SILIM-ma KIN-ka | |
| sa-li-i-mu i-šap-par-ka | ||
| 6 | ša {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
Sources & licences
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