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ACh Adad 33 (P393729)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Adad 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393729 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 22 | If the day is dark: the moon will be dark. |
| reverse 15' | If a year is covered in locusts: to eat; in Ab (V) and Ullu (VI) will not be favourable. |
| obverse 37 | If a day... |
| obverse 38 | If a day... |
| obverse 39 | If a day... |
| obverse 40 | If a day... |
| obverse 41 | If a day... |
| obverse 42 | If a day... |
| obverse 43 | If a day... |
| obverse 44 | If a day... |
| obverse 45 | If a day... |
| reverse 6' | If he is black: he will make the heavens happy; he will die; all year long.... |
| reverse 18' | (If) ditto: eclipses after.... |
| reverse 4' | If he is surrounded by a black halo: an eclipse will take place; all year.... |
| reverse 7' | If he is black: there will be a long-lasting reign for him. He will become happy. The day... |
| obverse 10 | If the day reaches its normal length: the flood will come and bring about the defeat of the land. |
| obverse 31 | If a storm............. |
| reverse 19' | If................ |
| reverse 23' | The Bow... the land of the heavens |
| obverse 15 | If a storm flashes on the north side: hunger for the king of Subartu. |
| obverse 33 | If the day reaches the normal length |
| obverse 4 | If the storm is dark and the south wind blows: attack of locusts. |
| reverse 20' | If Adad... Ea |
| reverse 5' | If he is a black ewe: he will die; all day a star... will prosper. |
| obverse 5 | If the storm is dark and the north wind blows: he will eat god and Nergal, he will stand in the north wind. |
| obverse 17 | If the day reaches the side of the 'finger' of the 'finger': he will die. |
| obverse 9 | The sanctuaries of the gods are evil. |
| reverse 10' | ... he will be able to see... and in a black storm he will be strong.... |
| obverse 13 | If the day reaches the south: hunger for the king of Akkad. |
| obverse 27 | If the day reaches its normal length: there will be no rule. |
| obverse 6 | If the storm is dark and the enemy's land will be scattered: the weapon of Guti will destroy the land. |
| obverse 36 | If on the day...... and |
| reverse 3' | Ditto:... is surrounded by a yellow-green halo and.... |
| obverse 2 | (If) he is a strong enemy and he will conquer. |
| obverse 23 | If a day becomes dark and it is covered by a cloud: an eclipse of the king of Akkad, Adad of the land of Sumer will take place. |
| obverse 35 | If a day.......... |
| reverse 28' | Tablet 6,... |
| reverse 2' | If black... deaths are present in the land.... |
| obverse 19 | If its day... like day...: the prince's wall will be destroyed. |
| reverse 11' | If he is black: the stars stand in battle. |
| reverse 12' | If he is a black ewe, he will burn a fire. |
| obverse 32 | If his day...... |
| obverse 29 | ...... |
| reverse 25' | (If) the Kidney Star reaches |
| obverse 21 | If the day reaches its normal length and the Moon is dark: there will be deaths. In the evening watch, the moon is surrounded by an eclipse and the north wind blows. |
| reverse 13' | ............. |
| obverse 1 | If the day is dark: there will be famine in the land. The people will experience famine. |
| reverse 8' | If he is black: his reign will change; the king's reign will change. The 13th? day? |
| reverse 32' | Bt-ilni, chief scribe. |
| obverse 28 | If the day reaches its normal length and the sun is dark: there will be a famine of the king in his great lord. |
| reverse 30' | It is an extispicy. |
| obverse 26 | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| reverse 22' | If a rainbow... a stormwind |
| reverse 27' | ... the heavens(?) |
| obverse 3 | (If) the sun is cloudy: he will not see a rain storm; he will experience sorrow. |
| reverse 21' | If in the month of Tartu (Month I),... will fall in its middle. |
| reverse 24' | If the Scorpion... in its name with earth. |
| obverse 12 | If the storm roars like a scream: the enemy will overturn the land. |
| reverse 16' | If a year is covered by locusts: to eat. |
| reverse 31' | Tablet of Nabû-zuqup-ukin, son of Marduk-umu-iqia, the scribe. |
| obverse 16 | If a storm flashes on the west side: hunger for the king of Amurru. |
| obverse 14 | If a storm flashes on the north side: hunger for the king of Elam. |
| reverse 14' | If a fisherman rises and stands inside it: the Shepherd of Anu stands inside it. |
| reverse 9' | If a black dog is swollen: the enemy will reach the land. The cold is swollen.... |
| reverse 29' | When the... and the land of Assur |
| obverse 11 | he will not live there. |
| reverse 17' | If that year dies......... after the eclipse, ditto for the life of the king |
| obverse 46 | (If) on the day of |
| obverse 18 | If the day is like an eclipse: there will be hunger for kings of the land. |
| obverse 34 | Enlil(?) |
| obverse 30 | If the day reaches......... will become good and |
| obverse 24 | If the day reaches its normal length: Adad will devastate the lands. |
| obverse 8 | If his day is not long: the land will become dilapidated and he will experience hardship. |
| obverse 7 | If the day is dark and the west wind blows: annihilation (means): a lion. |
| obverse 20 | If he emerges and he is ill for 20 days: he will die. |
| reverse 26' | The city...... speaks in the middle of his name. |
| obverse 25 | If his day is very dark: he will die. |
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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