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ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 55 (P393801)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393801 |
| 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 21' | If Itar ditto and there is a mole on that shin: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 49 | If Itar (means): the land will become hostile. There will be women in the land. There will be women for males. |
| reverse 18' | If Itar ditto (and) it is good: Adad will seize the barley. |
| reverse 22' | If Itar ditto (and) it is good: Adad will seize the barley. |
| obverse 46 | If the moon and the Pleiades are seen in abau (Month XII): there will be reconciliation. |
| obverse 21 | If Ishtar is red on the 15th day: the enemy will see evil. |
| reverse 2' | ... they swore. |
| reverse 15' | If Itar stands on its right: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 37 | If Ishtar is dark: there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 36' | ... Ishtar. The 1st, a star on its right. The 1st, a star on its left. |
| obverse 38 | If Itar (means): there will be frost in Tamru (Month XII) and in Addaru (XII) will bring the barley. |
| obverse 36 | If Itar enters the third day of the month in Niru: he will conquer the land and he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 34 | If Itar, Sîn and Lugalera appear in er-erei between the horns of the Scorpion: |
| reverse 4' | If Ishtar... in the land. |
| reverse 29' | If Itar ditto (and) he builds (it) for two years: the land of Guti will see evil. |
| obverse 10 | If Ishtar... in the sixth month: he will conquer... |
| reverse 3' | (If) Ishtar in. |
| obverse 40 | If the Well-being reaches the Pleiades: they will seize them. |
| obverse 47 | If the anomaly is seen on a red day: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 14 | If Itar rises in the 10th day: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 27 | If Itar emerges on the 15th day: he will go out and enter; the king of Akkad will kill him. |
| obverse 32 | If Itar (and) ulpae sees ulpae (and) ish from. |
| obverse 29 | If Ishtar...,...,..., |
| obverse 16 | If Itar ditto (and) its right side is red: attack of evil. |
| reverse 9' | If Ishtar becomes eclipsed in the harvest: the sun will rise and will not prosper. |
| reverse 37' | If Ishtar's position defeats him, he will conquer the lands. |
| reverse 23' | If Itar ditto and he is ill: the destruction of the land which sees evil will seize bread. |
| obverse 52 | If Itar... in front of her, Adad will devastate in front of my name. |
| reverse 6' | If Itar rises in the east in the evening and does not see a favorable sign in the land. |
| reverse 27' | If Itar ditto (is) a halo... the land of Elam (is) a great woman |
| obverse 53 | If Ishtar is a lion, he will die in a lion's thigh, he will die in a lion's throne. |
| reverse 19' | If Itar stands on its left: he will die. |
| obverse 28 | From the 1st day to the 30th day there is a threshing floor... |
| obverse 7 | If he sees a man in the month of Kislev (IX): he will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 9 | If Ishtar rises in the sixth month and stands in front of her: |
| obverse 56 | ... stands in front of the Lion: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 50 | If Itar's eyes are dark: the harvest of the land will rage. |
| reverse 20' | If Itar ditto and there is a hole: that land will experience evil. |
| obverse 12 | (If) Itar rises in the eighth month: the land will seize a strong woman. |
| obverse 25 | If Ishtar on the day... |
| obverse 26 | If Ishtar on the day... |
| obverse 48 | If the Itar Constellation in front of her: the Furrow will be present in the land. |
| reverse 31' | If Itar stands at its left: Lugalera and Meslamtaea will come. |
| obverse 2 | If Ishtar rises in the second month: the harvest of the land will prosper; the lands will become happy. |
| reverse 38' | (If) Ishtar stands at an inappropriate time: there will be hostility in the land. |
| obverse 35 | (If) in Ishtar, Sin and Lugalera emerges from its right horn: there will be hunger. |
| reverse 17' | If Itar ditto and it is white: there will be famine of barley and straw in the land. |
| reverse 35' | If Ishtar stands on its left side: the stars... |
| obverse 24 | If Itar on the day... |
| obverse 23 | If Ishtar's right shoulder and left shoulder are red: the land will experience abundance. |
| obverse 39 | If a sow enters the moon on the day of the month of Tamiru: the name of the land will change. |
| obverse 54 | ...... : unnunat...... |
| obverse 1 | If Ishtar sets out in the morning: the kings will make peace. The people of the land will make a bread offering. |
| obverse 19 | If Ishtar is located on the top of the stars and the star is surrounded by the stars. |
| reverse 12' | If Ishtar is darkened in front of that year: there will be famine in the evening, there will be famine in the evening, there will be famine. |
| reverse 26' | If Itar ditto: that small one will be good(?) for the land of Elam. |
| obverse 18 | If Itar rises in the middle of the sky: the enemy will become angry. |
| obverse 3 | If Ishtar enters in the third month: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 8 | If a solar disk rises in the sixth month and stands at the left of the moon: there will be barley in the land. |
| obverse 17 | If Ishtar (means): she will not acquire anything, she will not acquire anything. |
| reverse 13' | the foundation of the throne of the king |
| obverse 6 | If a sow rises in the month of Kislev (IX): there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 5' | [If Itar...] in ama... all the kings will be reconciled. |
| obverse 4 | If Itar rises in the fourth month: there will be hostilities. |
| reverse 16' | If Itar ditto and there is a mole on that side: the land of abundance will see evil. |
| obverse 41 | If the Moon stands in Silim-lti: there will be peace. |
| obverse 13 | If Itar rises in the ninth day: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 57 | ... harvest of the land will prosper |
| obverse 58 | ... woman |
| reverse 33' | If Itar goes on the day of the day: the Westland will give birth to two years. |
| reverse 34' | If Itar goes on the day of the day: the Westland will make a rebellion for three years. |
| reverse 24' | If Itar reaches the sun in the month of Addaru (XII) and is surrounded by a lunar halo: the land of Elam will become stable. |
| obverse 51 | (If) Itar (and) he constantly seeks out (them) before her: rains in the sky, floods will come from the source. |
| obverse 55 | ... Ishtar... like a shekel,... |
| obverse 15 | If Itar stands in erburu (Month XII): there will be barley and straw in the land. |
| reverse 10' | If Ishtar... at the beginning of that year and he crosses the sky, |
| reverse 11' | their agiratu-priests rejoiced. |
| obverse 22 | If Itar stands on the 15th day: he will be satisfied. Barley and... |
| reverse 14' | If Itar (means): on the 14th day: he will recover. |
| obverse 20 | If he seized his son, he will seize the throne. |
| reverse 32' | The west wind blew. That year, evil was seen. |
| obverse 45 | If ditto a star stands in the Pleiades, and the land will conquer. |
| reverse 7' | (If) Itar becomes eclipsed in the east in the east: there will be no famine of the land. |
| obverse 42 | If ditto a lunar eclipse takes place in the land: ulpae follows her. |
| obverse 5 | If an anomaly - in the month of Kislev (IX) there will be rain in the sky, there will be famine. |
| reverse 8' | If Itar ditto in the harvest in the east: the king's land will diminish. |
| obverse 44 | If a sow gives birth in abau (Month XII): there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 33 | ......... |
| reverse 25' | (If) Itar ditto: that animal stall will expand. The land of Elam will experience abundance. |
| obverse 31 | If Itar in ebtu from ama enters the moon. |
| reverse 28' | If Itar goes on its right: the Twins will come. The land of Guti will be destroyed in that year. |
| obverse 11 | If Itar rises in the seventh month and the harvest of barley will increase in the land. |
| reverse 30' | If ditto (and) he is ill for three years: the land of Guti will become happy. |
| reverse 39' | ... dead(?) |
| obverse 30 | (If) Itar gives birth to in Lullubu: in ebtu the land will rise and its land will be remote: the land will dwell. |
| obverse 43 | If he sees a sow in the month of Taritu (XII) and her right ear is swollen: she will die. |
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- 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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