In Omens
Earthquakes and winds, month by month (Iqqur īpuš)
Neo-Assyrian hemerological omens from Nineveh arranged by month.
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| Designation | K.2049 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | K.2049 |
| Collection | Kuyunjik |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology > Iqqur īpuš |
| Provenience | Nineveh |
| Findspot | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
| CDLI no. | P366119 |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 117 (116 with machine English) |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
The transliteration is not reproduced here because the source (electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich) is not marked as republishable; read it at the source link above.
| Line | English (machine draft) |
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| obverse | |
| 1 | If in Nisannu (Month I) the sky sets, the people will die |
| 2 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), the land.... |
| 3 | If in Sivan (III) the king of the land... |
| 4 | ... in Duuzu...... |
| 5 | If in Abu (Month V) there will be famine of the people. |
| 6 | If in Ululu (Month VI)... |
| 7 | If in Tartu (Month VII): illness. |
| 8 | If in Arasamna (VIII) there is a... in the land... |
| 9 | If in Kislimu (Month IX).......... |
| 10 | If in ebtu (Month X), the harvest will be harvested. Nisaba |
| 11 | If in abau (Month XI) there will be abundance for the people. |
| 12 | If in Addaru (Month XII) a sorcery |
| 12a | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 7th day: rain will diminish. |
| 13 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), the king will die. |
| 14 | If in Simanu (Month III) ditto |
| 15 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) the land will be destroyed |
| 16 | If in Ab (V) the people of the land will diminish |
| 17 | If in Ululu (Month VI): the king of... |
| 18 | If in Taritu (Month VII) a sick person |
| 19 | If in Arasamna (VIII)... |
| 20 | If in Kislev (IX) ditto |
| 21 | If in ebtu (Month X), the people will... |
| 22 | If in abau (Month XI)... |
| 23 | If in Addaru (Month XII) a copy |
| 24 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 9th day, on the 19th day: rain.... |
| 25 | If in Ayyaru (Month II) |
| 26 | If in Simanu (Month III) |
| 27 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| 28 | If in Abu (Month V) |
| 29 | If in Ululu (Month VI) |
| 30 | If in the month of Taritu (Month VII) |
| 31 | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII) |
| 32 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) |
| 33 | If in ebtu (Month X) |
| 34 | If in abau (Month XI) |
| 35 | If in Addaru (Month XII) |
| 36 | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| 37 | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| 38 | If in Simanu (Month III)... the gods to the land |
| 39 | If in Duuzu (Month IV)... an eclipse of all lands. |
| 40 | If in Abu (Month V)... the land will raise a claim |
| 41 | If in Ululu (Month VI)... the angry gods will return to the land. |
| 42 | If in Taritu (Month VII)... the gods in the body of the land |
| 43 | If in Arasamna (VIII)... there will be famine of seed in the land. |
| 44 | If in Kislimu (Month IX)... you recite the eriyatu-disease. |
| 45 | If in ebtu (Month X)... an eclipse of the lands |
| 46 | If in abau (Month XI)... an eclipse of the king will take place. |
| 47 | If in Addaru (Month XII).... |
| 48 | If in Nisannu (Month I) the south wind blew: the king will prevail over the land. |
| 49 | If in Ayyaru (Month II) ditto... |
| 50 | If in Simanu (Month III)... the son of the king : the man will die. |
| 51 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto.... |
| 52 | If in Abu (Month V) ditto |
| 53 | If in Ululu (Month VI)... the king will kill in the battlefield. |
| 54 | If in Kislev (IX) ditto |
| 55 | If in ebtu (X) ditto.... |
| 56 | If in abau (Month XI) ditto |
| 57 | If in Addaru (XII)... |
| 58 | If a fog rolls in Nisannu (I): the king's land will conquer his land. |
| 59 | If in Ayyru (Month I), the land will experience famine. |
| 60 | If in Simanu (Month III) water in the sky.... |
| 61 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) a king will die of the land. |
| 62 | If in Ab (V) there will be a hunger |
| 63 | If in Ululu (Month VI): the land will experience hunger. |
| 64 | If in Taritu (Month VII), there will be famine; the land will not prosper. |
| 65 | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), there will be famine in the land. |
| 66 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) the king's land will change |
| 67 | If in ebtu (Month X), the palace will be destroyed. |
| 68 | If in abau (Month XI) the king's land will seize him |
| 69 | If in Addaru (Month XII) a hostile land will be plundered |
| 70 | If in Nisannu (Month I) the earth quakes: the king's land will defeat him; he will die. |
| 71 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), the land will be turned back to the ground. |
| 72 | If in Simanu (Month III), there will be no dwelling, by the command of Enlil. |
| 73 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) the king appoints (him) in his land. |
| 74 | If in Abu (Month V) (the moon) is eclipsed: the land will descend to the east. |
| 75 | If in Ululu (Month VI) the land will be destroyed |
| 76 | If in Taritu (Month VII), there will be famine in the land. |
| 77 | If in Arasamna (Month VIII), there will be famine and hunger in the land. |
| 78 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) the king's land will seize him and his enemy will kill him. |
| 79 | If in Tebetu (X) the palace of the prince will become hostile. |
| 80 | If in Du'uzu (Month XI) |
| reverse | |
| 1' | If in.... |
| 2' | If in the month.... |
| 3' | If in ebetu (Month X) |
| 4' | If in abau (Month XI) the land |
| 5' | If in Addaru (XII) the land will experience evil. |
| 6' | If in Nisannu (Month I), the river level will prosper. |
| 7' | If in Ayyaru (Month I) Adad will devastate |
| 8' | If in Simanu (Month III) there will be barley rations, there will be hostilities. |
| 9' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) Adad will devastate |
| 10' | If in Abu (Month V), the people of Ea will be well. |
| 11' | If in Ululu (Month VI) the south wind blows and does not rain. |
| 12' | If in Taritu (Month VII) there is abundance in the land |
| 13' | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), water will rage: the walls will be destroyed. |
| 14' | If in Kislev IX Adad and Nergal devour the land |
| 15' | If in ebtu (Month X), the land will not prosper. |
| 16' | If in abau (Month XI) Adad will die |
| 17' | If in Addaru (Month XII): the land will become happy. |
| 18' | If in the month Nisannu (I) of Anu and Enlil |
| 19' | If Ayyru (Month I) of Ea: the lord of omens |
| 20' | If in Simanu (Month III) of Sîn, the first-born son of Enlil |
| 21' | In Duuzu of the warrior Ninurta |
| 22' | In the month Abu of Itar, mistress of the lands |
| 23' | If in Ululu (Month VI) that ama is the warrior allotment |
| 24' | If in Taritu (Month VII) of the great lion Nergal |
| 25' | Month Arasamna (VIII), king of Anu and Itar. |
| 26' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) of Adad, the canal inspector of heaven and earth |
| 27' | If in ebtu (Month X), of the great gods |
| 28' | Tablet 10 — if a man.... |
| 29' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of |
| 30' | |
| 31' | They rejoiced.... |
| 32' | who before me... |
| 33' | The wisdom of Nabû,... your sattakku prayer |
| 34' | I wrote, collated, and... |
| 35' | For my reading,... |
| 36' | In my palace I established... |