RMA 264 (P336564)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 264 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336564 |
| 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 | Concerning the earthquake about which the king [my lo]rd wrote to me, this [is its interpretation]: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the earth keeps [quaking]: attack of [an enemy]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If the earth quakes at night: wo[rry for the land, variant: abandonment of the land]. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | Because i[t quaked] on the 5th day (and) it happened to quake in the night o[f the 6th day], therefore I cit[ed] "the earth ke[pt quaking]" (omen). |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the earth quakes in Nisan (I): His land will [defect] from the ruler. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Had it not begun (in) Adar (XII), rai[n ...]; now [its] interpretation is this: because it quaked in Adar (XII) and Nisan (I) after [another], therefore (the omens) "it kept quaking, att[ack of an enemy]" (applies). |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Had there been one month between them, it would have [...]. Now it is also appropriate to cit[e] (the) Nisan (omens). |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010– | From Issar-šumu-ereš. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Eponymy of Labasi, the customs director. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ina UGU ri-i-bi ša LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | |
| 2 | iš-pur-an-ni an-ni-u [pi-šir₃-šu₂] | |
| 3 | 1 KI.TIM u₂-sa-dir-ma [i-nu-uš] | |
| 4 | ZI-ib {[lu₂}KUR₂] | |
| 5 | 1 KI.TIM ina MI BUL-uš na-[zaq KUR KI.MIN ŠUB-e KUR] | |
| 6 | ina UGU ša UD 05-KAM₂\t i-[ru-ub-u-ni] | |
| 7 | il-lik-an-ni MI ⸢ša⸣ [UD 06-KAM₂\t] | |
| 8 | i-ru-ub-[u-ni x x x] | |
| 9 | ina UGU-hi KI-tum u₂-sa-⸢dir⸣-[ma i-nu-uš] | |
| 10 | at-ta-as-[ha o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}BARAG KI ŠU₂-[ub] | |
| 2 | NUN KUR-su ⸢BAL⸣-[kat₃-su] | |
| 3 | lu-u la {iti}ŠE u₂-šar-ri A.⸢AN⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | a-kan-ni an-ni-u BUR₂-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | ina UGU ša {iti}ŠE {iti}BARAG EGIR a-[he-iš] | |
| 6 | i-ru-ub-u-ni ina UGU-hi u₂-sa-⸢dir⸣-[ma] | |
| 7 | i-nu-uš ZI-[ib {lu₂}KUR₂] | |
| 8 | lu-u ITI ina bir-tu-šu₂-nu ip-tu-[x x x] | |
| 9 | a-kan-ni {iti}BARAG DUG₃.GA-ma a-na na-sa-[hi] | |
| 10 | ša {1}15—MU—KAM-eš | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | lim-mu {1}la-ba-si | |
| 2 | {lu₂}GAL—ka-a-ri {lu₂}GAL—ka-a-ri | |
Sources & licences
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