ACh Suppl. Ishtar 53 (P393768)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393768 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5 | If Jupiter rises in the beginning of the year:.... |
| 6 | If ditto (a planet rises) in Nisannu (Month I): the eclipse of the 13th month. |
| 17 | If Venus, the crown of... |
| 1 | If Jupiter comes close to the west : the days.... |
| 24 | If a planet rises (and) its name is Ninurta |
| 13 | If Venus or in the east or in the west and |
| 3 | If ditto a planet becomes visible in Nisannu (I) |
| 29 | If ditto (a man) becomes visible in Nisannu (Month I) |
| 20 | (Ditto) of ama |
| 25 | his...s, all... |
| 14 | If there is a mole on the path of Anu: 3 lines. |
| 23 | If ditto (it appears) in the east and. |
| 12 | If Venus in the west ditto and.... |
| 19 | If ditto a head is located on the top of the gall bladder: he will become good. |
| 9 | If the 11th year gives birth to a lion: the woman of the/4th day....... |
| 11 | If Venus comes close to the east and... the days. |
| 10 | If ditto is seen on the path of Anu: 3 lines. |
| 18 | If Venus screams and... to the wind: |
| 4 | of 12 months ditto, |
| 7 | If ditto to the east.... |
| 8 | If ditto... in its position....... |
| 26 | If ditto he sees a month and he sees a month. |
| 22 | If Jupiter comes close to the west and. |
| 28 | If ditto (it is seen) in the east and its positions. |
| 21 | If ditto and it is red:.... |
| 15 | If there is a mole on the path of Anu: 3 years....... |
| 27 | If Mars takes place in the east and its horns |
| 16 | If Venus is surrounded by a rainbow and a rainbow... |
| 2 | If Jupiter becomes visible in the east and stands in the sky for one year. |
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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