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AAT pl. 18-19 (P394156)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 18-19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394156 |
| 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 12' | The upper part is elevated; there will be famine; there will be famine. |
| obverse 20 | If on the 16th day: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 30 | If on the 15th day a lion is seen and he gives birth to horses: he will recover. |
| reverse 19' | The wisdom of Nabû, the sand dunes, as many as there are |
| obverse 15 | If on the 20th day: his son will be killed. |
| obverse 3 | If on the 15th day an eclipse takes place: hushu-disease of the people, their young. |
| obverse 40 | There will be frost and famine in the field of the land. |
| reverse 17' | They rejoiced over me, the eyes were full of fearsomeness, |
| reverse 3' | If in Addaru (XII) from the 1st to the 30th day there is an eclipse. |
| reverse 6' | lion-headed lion and wolves |
| reverse 13' | If the sun in Nisannu (I) on the 1st day at its appearance is red like a yellow-green ipru-plant: it will be white. |
| reverse 14' | It is the 22nd tablet of Enlil. |
| obverse 9 | If on the 16th day the sun stands in a weapon and its land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 1 | If from the beginning of the year, from the 14th day of Nisannu (I) the upper part of Enzu is located: |
| reverse 11' | The gods of heaven and earth determine their fate. |
| reverse 18' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, |
| obverse 25 | If on the 15th day Nergal eats food: there will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse 15' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 8' | If a fog rolls over the land: that land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 46 | If from the 9th day of the month, from the 14th day the rains in the sky: the flood will come into the land. |
| reverse 16' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave great wisdom, |
| obverse 44 | If on the 20th day the king's 'weapon'-mark stands in the weapon. |
| obverse 28 | If on the 1st day: there will be famine. |
| obverse 18 | There is a hushhu-disease and the land will expand. |
| obverse 26 | If on the 16th day: there will be frost in their heart. |
| obverse 2 | there will be famine in the land and the land will diminish. |
| obverse 35 | If on the 15th day: he will conquer a land. |
| obverse 19 | If on the 15th day (there is) rain in the sky; the river level will be plundered in the river. |
| obverse 17 | If from the 4th day of the month from the 14th day rains in the sky: the flood will occur in the river. |
| reverse 4' | (If) in front of...: year: "The flood will take place and a flood will take place." |
| reverse 21' | For my reading, I seated him in my palace. |
| obverse 11 | If on the 1st day: she will die and her illness will be favourable. |
| obverse 14 | If on the 16th day: he will kill 200 and 200; he will seize the throne. |
| obverse 42 | If on the 15th day: he will die. |
| obverse 47 | He strews a libation bowl; he strews the small intestines; he will die; there will be famine. |
| obverse 24 | It is favourable. The sun is favourable. |
| reverse 20' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 23 | If from the 5th day of the month from the 14th day rains in the sky: the flood will come in and the harvest of the land will diminish. |
| reverse 10' | This is what when the moon is entrusted with you |
| obverse 45 | If on the 21st day: the troops will conquer 200 of his enemies. |
| obverse 48 | If on the 15th day the walls are surrounded: the land will go to ruin. |
| obverse 50 | If on the 20th day the rains are scattered: Adad will diminish. |
| obverse 33 | If on the 1st day the king a throne will be laid down. |
| obverse 8 | If on the 15th day: 200 litres of grain. |
| reverse 9' | The land will be devastated. |
| obverse 13 | If on the 15th day: there will be 200 unfavorable omens. |
| obverse 31 | If on the sixteenth day: the land will dwell on the throne. |
| obverse 12 | If from the 3rd month from the 14th day rains in the sky: the flood will come from its source. Adad will die. |
| reverse 1' | If a fog rolls over: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 43 | The 16th day: there will be strong rubatu-disease. |
| obverse 36 | If on the 16th day: the throne will be smashed. |
| obverse 27 | If on the 20th day the lions become visible and do not(?) |
| obverse 6 | If the day reaches the first day: he will die. |
| obverse 32 | If on the 20th day a son of his father will be born(?) in(?) |
| obverse 10 | If on the 20th day: the god Marduk will take away the throne from the land. |
| obverse 16 | If on the 1st day: there will be frost, there will be famine. |
| obverse 4 | If the 16th day is destroyed: the land will be destroyed and Mars will be destroyed. |
| obverse 34 | If from the 7th day of the month, from the 14th day the troops from the enemy's place will be scattered. |
| reverse 5' | If Adad thunders, the day becomes long |
| obverse 5 | If on the 20th day: there will be famine. |
| reverse 7' | If there is a mole on the left side, there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 38 | If on the 1st day: there will be hostility. |
| reverse 2' | If the flood afflicts the land: that land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 39 | If from the 8th day of the month from the 14th day there is rain from the first year: the enemy will devastate the land. |
| obverse 29 | If from the 6th day of the month from the 14th day there is frost, there will be frost of the troops. |
| obverse 51 | ...... |
| obverse 22 | If on the 1st day Adad afflicts him: he will die and he will die. |
| obverse 7 | If from the 2nd month from the 14th day there is an eclipse and it begins to clear. |
| obverse 21 | If on the 20th day: he will die. |
| obverse 41 | The 200th is favourable to his land. |
| obverse 49 | If on the 16th day: the king of the universe will devastate his land and he will die. |
| obverse 37 | If on the 20th day: there will be famine in the body of the land. |
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- 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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