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ACH Shamash 02 (P393791)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACH Shamash 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393791 |
| 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 7 | If in Ayyaru (VIII) on the 14th day 6 ewes emerge: there will be famine and rain in the land. |
| reverse 9 | If in Ayyaru (XII) on the 30th day 7 ditto 8 atu-plants emerge: the king will send (them) to the king. |
| reverse 3 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 20th day ditto, on the 30th day 7 atu-plant emerges: there will be no rejoicing. |
| 5 | If ditto and the west wind blows: the weapon of Guti will be released. |
| reverse 5 | If in Ayyaru (Month II) 4 days emerge: there will be famine and hunger in the land. |
| 22 | If the seven stars of the mountains sit on the throne of the throne: the king's land will revolt against him and he will be killed. |
| 18 | If 5 ditto (and) 6 moons rise and are dark: annihilation of the enemy. |
| reverse 12 | If in Simanu (Month III) 4 ewes emerge: attack of the army against evil. |
| reverse 11 | If in Sivan (III) on the day of the fourth day (and) the 3rd day emerges: the king will die with the sword. |
| reverse 15 | If in Simanu (Month III) on the... day... a solar disk emerges: a small... of cattle... will die. |
| reverse 13 | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 4.5th day 5 ewes come out: the king will reach the king. |
| 13 | If a solar disk rises: the king will revolt against his land. |
| reverse 4 | If in Ayyaru (XII) on the 14th day ditto on the 14th day ditto on the 19th day: 3 dates will come out. |
| 15 | (If) ditto: there will be famine in the land; the land's gods will leave him. |
| 20 | If six ewes rise and are faint: a enemy will take place. |
| reverse 14 | If in Simanu (Month III) on the4.6th day 6 ewes come out: rains in the sky. |
| 23 | If in Nisannu (Month I) 2 ewes emerge: the king of Akkad will die. |
| reverse 2 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 14th day ditto, on the 15th day: 6 omens emerge: evil. |
| 17 | If 4 ewes become hostile: the king will send hostile women. : The king will be in his palace. |
| 1 | If a solar disk whose face is dark and... is dark: there will be a rebellion. |
| 14 | If two stars of the lands: the destinies of the land will change. |
| reverse 10 | If in Simanu (Month III) on the first day a solar disk emerges: the king of Akkad will die. |
| 16 | If three ewes become empty: city and place. |
| 4 | If ditto and it is surrounded by a...: the Weapon of Guti will become old. |
| reverse 1 | If in Nisannu (I) on the 15th day ditto (and) on the 14th day 5 atu-plants emerge: a price will diminish. |
| 25 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 12th day 5 ewes emerge: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| 10 | If a solar disk stands on the top of a solar disk and one solar disk stands on the left: the king of the Westland will die. |
| 2 | If a solar disk whose eyes are dark and the south wind blows: the land will devour locusts. : The land will eat grass. |
| 9 | If a solar disk stands on the top of a solar disk and 1 a solar disk stands on the left: the king whose floods will take place. |
| 3 | If ditto and the north wind blows: the cattle-pen will devour the land. |
| 21 | If a brother is killed by brother ditto: there will be hostilities in the palace. |
| reverse 6 | If in Ayyaru (VIII) on the 12th day 5 days emerge: there will be hunger in the land. |
| 7 | there will be famine in the land : deaths will occur in the land. |
| 19 | If ditto, you multiply 5 (times) by 6 (times) and you see a mountain. That city will be destroyed. |
| 6 | If a solar disk is located in the middle of the 'finger': there will be hostilities in the land. |
| 12 | The cities are covered in red; the walls are destroyed. The people are stricken. |
| 11 | If a solar disk stands on the top of a solar disk and one solar disk stands on the left. |
| 24 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on the 11th day 3 ewes emerge: the troops will die. |
| 8 | If a solar disk is surrounded by a cloudy head and its horns: the king of his land will not die. His people will die. |
| reverse 8 | If in Ayyaru (XII) on the 15th day 6 ditto 7 dates come out: the king will send a hostile woman to the king. |
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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