RMA 266b (P336568)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 266b |
|---|---|
| ID | P336568 |
| 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 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...] ... [......] ... [...] stood [in] Leo [...]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | If [......] quakes: [the days of the k]ing will be long. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | If [...] becomes bright [in the path] of the Enlil stars and [......]. Akkad will thrive and what is in it will live [......] the king of Akkad will become strong and experience joy. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [From Nabû]-mušeṣi. |
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' | [x x x] il [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] li-i [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ina ŠA₃ {mul]}UR.GU.LA GUB [x x] | |
| 4' | 1 [x x x x]-šu₂ i-nu-uš | |
| 5' | [UD-MEŠ] ⸢LUGAL⸣ GID₂.DA-ME | |
| 6' | 1 [x ina KASKAL] šu-ut {d}EN.LIL₂ ib-il-ma | |
| 7' | [x x x x KUR]—URI{ki} i-na-hi-iš ŠA₃-ša₂ TI-uṭ | |
| 8' | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ URI{ki} KALAG.GA-ma me-le-ṣa IGI | |
| 9' | [ša {1}{d}PA]—mu-še-ṣi | |
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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