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CT 51, 143 (P286004)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286004 |
| Museum no. | BM 121036 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | If the Moon at night (and) the Sun at the side of the Moon is surrounded by a halo: in the night.... |
| obverse 2' | ... for a ritual assemblage... |
| obverse 6' | If a cloudburst comes close to it and the east wind blew for the day.... |
| obverse 19' | If ditto to the halo like a rainbow: the harvest of the land will diminish and barley will not enter. |
| obverse 7' | If a cloudburst comes close to it and the west wind blew, to the 4th day.... |
| obverse 16' | If there is a ulpa'e-plant inside them: attack of the Amorite troops. |
| reverse 13 | If their gate is open to the wind: the wall of the land will be built. |
| reverse 7 | If it is black: rains... |
| reverse 14 | If it is surrounded by a halo, it does not have a gate: the halo will diminish; the enemy's heart will diminish; people will... in the land. |
| obverse 5' | If a cloudburst comes close to it and the north wind blew, to the4.6th day.... |
| reverse 10 | If their gate to the east: the city wall of Subartu... |
| reverse 2 | If the stars stand on the right and on the left: the enemy will devastate the land, and he will recover. |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon ditto is surrounded by a halo and stars stand inside it: there will be... in the land. |
| obverse 17' | If there is a rainbow in their midst: the business will diminish. |
| reverse 4 | If it is red and it stands in the stars: defeat will not take place... |
| obverse 20' | If a star stands inside it:...... |
| reverse 15 | They become confused and their property are good; their property... |
| reverse 19 | If he is ill for 3 days Adad... barley : the land will be devastated. |
| obverse 18' | If the heart of a man is like a rainbow in the street, there will be famine and hunger. |
| obverse 11' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, Adad will devastate the land. |
| reverse 16 | If it is favourable and it is favourable to the north: the son of the king... |
| reverse 18 | If it is favourable and it is favourable for the king and... |
| obverse 12' | If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: there will be truth in the land. |
| reverse 6 | If he is black: the enemy will attack the land; alternatively,.... |
| reverse 12 | If their gate to the east: the wall of the land of Amurru |
| reverse 9 | If their gate is open to the north: the city wall of Akkad... |
| obverse 10' | If the Moon on the night of the sun is surrounded by a halo of abundance: in its eclipse... |
| reverse 8 | If he does not have the gate: the land... |
| reverse 20 | If he... and he... in. |
| obverse 15' | If ulpa’e does not stand inside it: there will be barley and straw in the land. |
| reverse 17 | If lightning flashes towards the south and east: the troops in. |
| obverse 9' | If the sun is surrounded by a halo, and the Moon is surrounded by a halo: in front of.... |
| obverse 4' | If a cloudburst comes close to it and the south wind blew: the king.... |
| reverse 3 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, there will be famine in the land and famine... |
| obverse 14' | If the Moon ditto is surrounded by a halo, and Ninurta stands in it: the enemy's land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo:.... |
| obverse 1' | If his gate to...... |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo and a red cloud comes close: the king.... |
| reverse 11 | If their gate to the south (is) the wall of the land Elam |
| reverse 5 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' that is not red: there will be illness in the land. |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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