RMA 271a (P336571)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 271a |
|---|---|
| ID | P336571 |
| 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 33 | The moon will be seen [together with] the sun in Elul (VI) on the 15th day, it will let [the eclip]se pass by. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [The moon will] be seen together with the sun, it will let [the eclipse] pass by, it will not make (it). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Elu]l (VI), 13th day. |
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 | {[d]}30 ina {iti}KIN UD 15-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | [TA@v] {d}ša₂-maš in-na-mar | |
| 3 | [AN].⸢MI⸣ u₂-še-taq | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[d}30 ⸢TA@v⸣ {d}ša₂-maš in-[na-mar] | |
| 2' | [AN.MI] u₂-še-taq la i-ša₂-⸢kan⸣ | |
| 3' | ša {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 4' | {[iti]}⸢KIN⸣ UD 13-KAM₂ | |
Sources & licences
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