RMA 266 (P336567)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 266 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336567 |
| 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 the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Tonight there was an earthquake. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | If there is an earthquake in Tebet (X): the king will dwell in his enemy's city. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the earth quakes in Tebet (X): the palace of the ruler will fall and go to ruin. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the earth quakes at night: worry for the land, variant: abandonment of the land. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From the Chief Scribe. |
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 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI.LAL | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 UD a-na ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ e-ri-ik | |
| 4 | BALA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | MI an-ni-u₂ | |
| 6 | ri-i-bi ir-tu-bu | |
| 7 | 1 ina {iti}AB ri-i-bu ŠU₂-ub | |
| 8 | LUGAL ina URU KUR₂-šu₂ TUŠ-ab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}AB KI ŠU₂-ub | |
| 2 | E₂.GAL NUN ŠUB-ma kar-mu-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 3 | 1 ina MI KI i-ru-ub | |
| 4 | na-zaq KUR KI.MIN ŠUB-e KUR | |
| 5 | ša₂ {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA | |
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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