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AAT pl. 20-23a (K 270) (P393816)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 20-23a (K 270) |
|---|---|
| ID | P393816 |
| 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 col 4 13 | These are the words, when the moon is a frightened goddess of heaven and earth |
| reverse col 4 16 | before the moon they have snatched |
| reverse col 4 8 | (If) the city wall rains: the land will be destroyed. That land will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 6 4 | (If) ditto a west wind blows and a west wind blows: there will be frost. |
| reverse col 4 17 | Tablet 23 of a series. |
| reverse col 6 13 | ... that day very...... |
| reverse col 4 15 | The upper part is elevated; there will be famine. |
| reverse col 5 1 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 1st day it is dark, ditto: a halo will devour the land. |
| reverse col 6 1 | If the sun in Arasamnu (VIII) on the 4th day becomes visible: black cloud will be seen. |
| reverse col 6 10 | If the 20th of Kislimu, on the 1st day, in its midst.... |
| reverse col 4 23 | If the sun in Nisannu (I) on the day of disappearance of the moon is yellow and its light. |
| reverse col 5 4 | ... the land will see good. |
| reverse col 6 12 | If the 20th day of Kislimu, at its appearance... |
| reverse col 4 7 | (If) he enters a wall: there will be famine. |
| reverse col 4 24 | (If) in that month an eclipse takes place and its face is yellow....... |
| reverse col 4 14 | the one who swore by humanity, |
| reverse col 4 12 | If a fog rolls over the land: that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 5 5 | ... it set in a black cloud. |
| reverse col 6 14 | ... my supplication... |
| reverse col 6 8 | If the 20th day of Kislimu, at his disposal... |
| reverse col 6 17 | If in Kislimu (Month IX), on the first day his eye. |
| reverse col 4 29 | The king... |
| reverse col 6 6 | If the 20th day of Kislev (IX) is seen in front of him in a cloud:....... |
| reverse col 6 16 | Adad... his mouth |
| reverse col 4 3 | If there is a mole: the king will dwell in the city. |
| reverse col 5 3 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) (Month IV) (Month IV)...: the enemy will attack. |
| reverse col 4 25 | (If) a enemy attack, and a defeat of the troops of the king will occur and... |
| reverse col 4 4 | If a fog rolls over the land: the king will die. |
| reverse col 5 2 | If the sun in Duuzu on the 1st day...: that land will fall. |
| reverse col 6 23 | in the eclipse, ditto?; in that month,...... |
| reverse col 4 19 | (If) ditto he sees a man: he stands at his side, and he will stand in battle. |
| reverse col 6 22 | In the month ebtu, the 28th day, the 29th day, the 30th day... |
| reverse col 4 26 | If the sun in Nisannu (I) on the 4th day in front of it... |
| reverse col 6 20 | stood (there) on the east side, rain shower... |
| reverse col 6 5 | (If) the land is small: until the 30th day its eyes and Mars set. |
| reverse col 4 11 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: there will be famine of the enemy. |
| reverse col 4 2 | If Adad thunders: the days will be overcast and there will be no rain, there will be frost. |
| reverse col 4 27 | ... they are stricken. |
| reverse col 6 11 | ... is not visible; in the middle of the day,... |
| reverse col 6 7 | (If) on the 28th day, on the 29th day, on the 30th day: an eclipse will take place and.... |
| reverse col 4 20 | (If) on the 28th day, on the 29th day, on the 30th day: an eclipse will take place and in an eclipse... |
| reverse col 6 15 | If the 20th of Kislimu, on the first day, clouds... in front of him.... |
| reverse col 6 18 | If a 2nd day of Kislimu (Month IX) its horns in a cloud:.... |
| reverse col 6 19 | If the 2nd day of Kislimu (Month IX) is covered in a red cloud:.... |
| reverse col 6 21 | If the sun in ebtu (Month X), on the 1st day, |
| reverse col 6 9 | ...... |
| reverse col 4 6 | (If) the wall of Adad thunders: the south wind blows and the houses will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 4 10 | If Adad thunders: the days will be long and the lions and wolves will be scattered. |
| reverse col 6 2 | rain but the sandal was not removed. |
| reverse col 4 28 | Adad... |
| reverse col 4 1 | If in ebtu (Month X), from the 1st to the 30th day there is an eclipse. |
| reverse col 4 22 | The land will become happy; its rains will... with its rain.... |
| reverse col 4 18 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on its appearance, he is surrounded by a rainbow: he will recover. |
| reverse col 4 5 | If in abau (Month XI), from the 1st to the 30th day there is an eclipse. |
| reverse col 4 21 | Ditto: In that month the king will die and his son will seize the throne and the land.... |
| reverse col 4 9 | If in Addaru (XII) from the 1st to the 30th day there is an eclipse in front of the year: the flood will take place. |
| reverse col 6 3 | If the sun becomes visible in Arasamnu (VIII) on the 4th day: a yellow cloud will become visible. |
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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