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AAT pl. 07-08 (P394171)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 07-08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394171 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 2 | If the Moon is not visible: to the day.... |
| obverse 18' | If the Moon is not seen on the day of disappearance of the moon: the day of disappearance of the sun will become visible and its appearance will be visible. |
| reverse 21 | ... on the 28th day... |
| reverse 40 | If the Moon at its appearance on the 30th day: evil for Akkad. |
| reverse 35 | If the moon becomes visible on the 14th day and the evil of the land Elam is good for Akkad. |
| obverse 26' | ...... |
| reverse 24 | ... in... |
| obverse 29' | If the Moon and sun....... |
| reverse 16 | If the Moon at its appearance disappears.... |
| reverse 12 | If the Moon at its appearance disappears: famine of the land will take place. |
| obverse 20' | Its eyes......... |
| reverse 33 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 15th day and in the sky the moon. |
| reverse 6 | (If) ditto: he will see a dream in the evening and he will not make an eclipse. |
| reverse 41 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 1st day: good for Akkad. |
| obverse 15' | If the Moon is eclipsed on the 15th day: the sun will be seen in the sky. |
| obverse 19' | On the 15th day, as much as he brought out in the day,. |
| reverse 30 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: the enemy will come to Akkad. |
| obverse 10' | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: he will come out in the east. |
| obverse 37' | If the Moon comes out from the sky to its position: the sun stands in its side. |
| obverse 45' | On the 14th day? the moon....... |
| obverse 9' | If the Moon does not wait for the sun but sets: lions and wolves of the 14th day will not be seen with the sun. |
| reverse 28 | The star of the sky is dark; there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 29 | The star of heaven afflicts the storm, the storm afflicts the land with me. |
| reverse 10 | If the Moon is not seen and three sunrises become visible: a enemy will make an attack in the land. |
| obverse 21' | (In) Abu (Month V), that month, a eponymy in the tablet. |
| obverse 43' | If the moon and sun are in opposition....... |
| obverse 44' | If the moon and sun are in opposition....... |
| obverse 8' | The 14th day is favourable. |
| obverse 24' | Ditto...... |
| obverse 12' | Ditto: If the moon and sun are in opposition and.... |
| reverse 36 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 15th day: the evil of Akkad will be good for the land Elam. |
| reverse 38 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 18th day and the evil of Akkad: the land of Amurru will prosper. |
| obverse 5' | If the 3rd, at its appearance, the north wind blows: the magnates of the land will conquer. |
| obverse 14' | If the sun rises and the moon sets in the sky:.... |
| obverse 17' | If the Moon at its appearance is red: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 18 | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo: the4.1th and the 27th day will be surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 7' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a horn: the flood will come. |
| reverse 27 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost. |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon is seen at an inappropriate time: a famine of the city. |
| reverse 44 | ......: the land will become happy.... in... |
| reverse 25 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 28th day: attack of the land.... |
| reverse 11 | (If) on the 15th day it appears in the steppe and ditto ulpae stands with the sun. |
| reverse 17 | If the moon does not cross over the moon: the 28th day will change and.... |
| obverse 23' | (If) on the day of the eponymy of the eponymy with the eponymy of the eponymy of Mercury. |
| reverse 31 | (If) there are road(s) for the land, the land will be abandoned; in the day, in the great... |
| reverse 20 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown: on the 4th day, on the 28th day: evil for the Westland. |
| obverse 27' | If the moon and sun are seen together: Adad will roar between them; all day long. |
| reverse 4 | (If) on the 14th day (and) on the 15th day: he will die. |
| reverse 7 | it is bright; in Mercury, the sun becomes visible; it is bright; it is bright. |
| obverse 32' | If the Moon and sun... |
| reverse 13 | Ditto; then, when it emerges, it is dark... |
| obverse 22' | If the moon and sun are in opposition: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| obverse 33' | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| obverse 16' | If the Moon, when it rises, is confused: evil will be present. |
| reverse 14 | Ditto: he will prosper. The 1st day, at his appearance, the 1st day.... |
| obverse 31' | In the month... |
| reverse 19 | He placed the evil of Elam on the 27th day. |
| reverse 3 | If the Moon is not visible and 2 arratu (gloss: new break): the enemy will take place in the lands. |
| reverse 26 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 29th day: attack of the land of Guti.... |
| obverse 36' | — The Scales stands with the Moon. |
| obverse 42' | : If the Moon at its appearance....... |
| reverse 32 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 12th day and in the sky....... |
| obverse 28' | You put (them) in the totality of people. The Tigris and Euphrates |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon becomes eclipsed and the Sun becomes visible....... |
| reverse 37 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 16th day: the king of Subartu will become strong and will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 25' | If the moon reaches the sun and.... |
| reverse 15 | Ditto: an eclipse will take place and it will appear 20 times like the 27th day. |
| reverse 5 | (If) it is red and red: he will go on the bed and on the bed. |
| obverse 35' | If a solar disk stands above the moon and below the moon: the king of the land will make his throne last long; variant: the king of the land will stand in his truth. |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon is not seen with the Moon: ditto. |
| obverse 2' | If the Moon's horns at an inappropriate time are small: business will diminish. |
| obverse 11' | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king will be angry with his land and his people. |
| reverse 42 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| reverse 9 | If the Moon becomes visible in the middle of the 'finger': a reign of long days. |
| obverse 34' | Ditto: ama will stand with the moon. |
| reverse 8 | If he is surrounded by a fog: he will die. : If his ditto is eclipsed after the other. |
| obverse 39' | If the moon's horns at its appearance are very pointed: she is a servant of the guards. |
| reverse 34 | If the moon becomes visible on the 13th day and the evil of Akkad will be good for the land Elam. |
| reverse 43 | ... in Taritu, the 1st day... |
| reverse 39 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 19th day: good for Akkad; evil for the Westland. |
| obverse 40' | There will be reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| obverse 46' | If the Moon is not seen: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 41' | (If) ditto the Arrow stands with the Moon.... |
| obverse 38' | (If) in the beginnings the barley becomes dark: famine will occur. The Arrow stands with the Moon. |
| obverse 6' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a horn: the enemy will make an attack. |
| obverse 30' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | If the Moon reaches its normal length: he will not see it. |
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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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