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ACh Adad 31 (P393712)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Adad 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393712 |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 28' | ...... |
| reverse 15' | If in abau (Month XI) |
| reverse 33' | ...... |
| reverse 36' | ...... |
| reverse 37' | If... |
| reverse 38' | If... |
| reverse 39' | If... |
| reverse 40' | If... |
| reverse 19' | If in Ululu (Month VI) |
| 32' | ... : If... in the water of the sky, fish will thrive; the harvest of the land will thrive. |
| reverse 35' | ... |
| reverse 27' | If the sky... |
| reverse 7' | If a fog... |
| reverse 8' | If a fog... |
| reverse 18' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| 22' | If on the 9th day ditto he eats a pig: : |
| 11' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: enemy attack against the land. : If in Kislimu (Month IX) |
| reverse 34' | ... |
| reverse 16' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| 3' | If in Abu (Month V), ditto the people of the land will... small.... |
| 9' | (If) in Abu (Month V) ditto....... |
| reverse 22' | If in ebtu (Month X), the land which is smitten... |
| 19' | If on the 4.3th day rains: a famine of the enemy. |
| 5' | If in Kislimu (Month IX), ditto (he clears out): enemy. |
| reverse 30' | If heaven... |
| reverse 31' | If heaven... |
| reverse 1' | If in the city |
| reverse 10' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| 33' | ... If there is a mole on the... of barley and sesame, it is favourable. |
| 29' | If the me of the heavens are dark: there will be famine. |
| reverse 12' | If in Abu (Month V) |
| reverse 11' | If in Simanu (Month III) |
| 8' | If in Simanu (Month III), ditto the king's hand is sick.... |
| 7' | If in Nisannu (Month I), on day 4, Mars sets: exchange... |
| 16' | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto: there will be illness in the land. |
| 34' | .... if there is a very many..., he will become frightened. |
| reverse 9' | If in the sky.... |
| reverse 21' | If in Kislev (IX) ditto Adad... |
| reverse 23' | If in abau (Month XI), ditto the gods of the land will revolt... |
| 20' | If on the 4.5th day: attack of the enemy. : If on the 4.6th day: attack of the enemy. |
| 26' | If on the 21st day ditto: he will become poor. |
| 17' | If in Kislimu (Month IX), ditto (he clears out) the enemy to the land : |
| 15' | If in Abu (Month V), ditto there is a wall : (If) in Ululu (Month VI): there will be deaths in the land. |
| 31' | ... there will be... : if in the water of the sky there will be much..., variant: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 5' | If a fog... |
| reverse 6' | If a fog... |
| 2' | If in Simanu (Month III), ditto the king's land.... |
| 35' | ... there will be many deaths. |
| 18' | If in abau (Month XI), ditto: there will be abundance for the people. |
| 10' | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto....... |
| reverse 25' | If the heavens are rejoicing, rejoicing,... |
| reverse 24' | If the flood becomes visible: there will be famine in the land; a reign of long-lasting life for the land.... |
| reverse 14' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) |
| reverse 26' | The angry gods... |
| 14' | If in Simanu (Month III): the king will die : (If) in Duuzu (Month III) ditto: the land will become happy. |
| reverse 29' | If the sky...... |
| reverse 2' | If in... |
| reverse 3' | If in... |
| reverse 4' | If in... |
| 21' | If on the4.7th day ditto: above the harvest of the land ditto; variant: exchange of land. |
| 6' | If in abau (Month XI), ditto: awe-inspiring radiance... |
| reverse 13' | If in Taritu (Month VII) |
| reverse 17' | If in Ayyaru (Month I) |
| reverse 32' | (If)... heaven |
| 25' | If on the 15th day ditto: he will devour the harvest. : If on the 16th day ditto: he will devour the harvest. |
| 23' | If on the 11th day ditto: there will be harvest and deaths. |
| 12' | If in abau (Month XI) ditto: there will be frost. : If in abau (Month XI).... |
| 13' | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the4.8th day Mars sets: the people will die. |
| 28' | If the me of the sky rises, there will be famine for the people : |
| reverse 20' | If in Taritu (Month VII), ditto the harvest(?) |
| 1' | ...... |
| 27' | If on the 23rd day ditto: he will become poor. |
| 30' | If the me of the heavens... the harvest will not prosper (or): if the me of the heavens are very bright. |
| 24' | If on the 13th day ditto: there will be deaths; there will be deaths. |
| 4' | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto: death... |
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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