RMA 267 (P336569)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 267 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336569 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | If the sky shouts and the earth [quakes]: the gods [...] the land [...] in all four directions of [Enlil ...] cities [...] hostility [...] sick people of the land will fall, variant: [......] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | If the sky shouts and the earth [quakes]: Enlil [will bring about] the defeat of the land. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | If the sky shouts and the earth qu[akes]: the cultivated fields will diminish ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | If Ereškigal [utter]s her roar like a li[on]: the earth will turn the land into ruins. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | If there is an earthquake in Shebat (XI): the furrow will reduce its yield; there will be campaigns of the enemy. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414– | If the earth quakes in Shebat (XI): in the palace of the ruler another one will dwell. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the earth quak[es] at night: worry for the land, variant: [abandonment of the land]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | If the sky shouts and [......]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | If the sky sh[outs and ......] ... [......] in the land ... [......]. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | When either Jupiter or Venus [......] disappear and [do] not [...], either Adad will thun[der], or a storm will come, or [...], or there will be an earth[quake]. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | This (earthquake) [was predicted] by the (event) when Venus disappeared and [.....]. The place where ... [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | From Issar-šumu-[ereš]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 AN-u₂ is-su-ma KI.TIM [ir-tu-ub] | |
| 2 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR [x x x x] | |
| 3 | UB.DA.LIMMU₂.BA ša₂ {⸢d⸣}[EN.LIL₂ x x] | |
| 4 | URU-MEŠ {mi₂}KUR₂ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | GIG-MEŠ KUR ŠUB-MEŠ KI.MIN ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 AN-u₂ is-su-ma KI.TIM [ir-tu-ub] | |
| 7 | {d}EN.LIL₂ ka-mar KUR [GAR-an] | |
| 8 | 1 AN-u₂ is-su-ma KI.TIM ir-[tu-ub] | |
| 9 | me-reš KUR i-ma-aṭ-ṭi šu du bu uk ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10 | 1 {d}e-ri-iš-ki-gal ik-kil-la-ša₂ GIM UR.[MAH ŠUB]-⸢di⸣ | |
| 11 | KI.TIM KUR ŠUB-di | |
| 12 | 1 ina {iti}ZIZ₂ ri-i-bu i-ru-ub AB.SIN₂ GU₂.UN-sa₃ | |
| 13 | LA₂-ṭa ger-ret {lu₂}KUR₂ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 14 | 1 ina {iti}ZIZ₂ KI i-ru-ub | |
| 15 | ina E₂.GAL NUN MIN₃-ma ⸢TUŠ-ab⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 KI ina MI i-nu-[uš] | |
| 2 | na-zaq KUR KI.MIN [ŠUB-e KUR] | |
| 3 | 1 AN-u₂ is-⸢su⸣-u-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | 1 AN-[u₂] ⸢is⸣-[su-u-ma x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [o] ina KUR {d}[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢lu⸣-u {d}SAG.ME.GAR lu-u {d}dil-bat [x x x] | |
| 8 | ki-ma i-tab-bu-lu la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9 | šum-ma {d}IM GU₃-šu₂ ⸢ŠUB⸣-[di] | |
| 10 | šum-ma me-hu-u₂ DU-⸢ak⸣ šum-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | šum-ma ri-i-bu [i-ru-ub] | |
| 12 | an-ni-u₂ ina ŠA₃-bi šu-u₂ [qa-bi] | |
| 13 | be₂-et {d}dil-bat it-bal-u-ni u₃ {d}[x x x] | |
| 14 | kaq-qu-ru be₂-et ri-ik-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15 | ša {1}15—MU—[KAM] | |
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