RMA 274k (P336579)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 274k |
|---|---|
| ID | P336579 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [If an eclipse] begins in the evening watch, and ... [......] the king of Akkad, the king of [......]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [If an] ecl[ipse] begins in the north and [......] downfall of Akkad; to [... it will not approach]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [If an ecl]ipse begins in the north and [......] Adad will [...] devastation. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [If an eclipse ...] begins in the north, and the [...] wind [blows ...] ... [......]. |
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 AN.MI] ⸢EN⸣.NUN—AN.USAN SAR-ma NU [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] LUGAL URI{ki} LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 3' | 1 ⸢AN.MI⸣ [ina] {im}SI.SA₂ SAR-ma [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ŠUB-tim URI{ki} ana [x x x x] | |
| 5' | 1 AN].MI ina {im}SI.SA₂ SAR-ma [x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] {d}IM ri-ih-[ṣi x x x] | |
| 7' | 1 x x x x x {im]}⸢SI⸣.SA₂ SAR-ma {im}[x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢ga⸣-ri-ir [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
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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