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ACh Suppl. 2 Sin 16 (P394206)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Sin 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394206 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10' | That eclipse, whether white or... |
| obverse 29' | : a enemy will take place. In that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 17th? day, the 19th day, the 20th day |
| obverse 11' | (If) in an eclipse, a wind blows: an eclipse. |
| obverse 6' | (If) an eclipse or a black or red or yellow... |
| obverse 23' | ... in that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 16th day, the 19th day, the 19th day, the 20th day?, the 21st? day |
| obverse 31' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and the Bow stands in its left: the king will be well. |
| reverse 12 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month there will be famine(?) in the land. |
| reverse 6 | ... will place... of the land. In that month, |
| obverse 28' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a halo and a star stands in it: in that month, there will be an attack of enemy. |
| reverse 13 | If in Abu (Month V) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month there will be a attack of the Westland against the land. |
| obverse 4' | Ur is well; in the south wind a solar eclipse... |
| obverse 25' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and the Shepherd stands in it. |
| obverse 9' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a white halo or a black.... |
| reverse 15 | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto and its gate does not have a tail: in that month it will go to the west. |
| obverse 21' | You set up an eclipse and you make it as before. |
| reverse 5 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and Anu stands inside it: the king will be well. |
| obverse 20' | In that month, the 14th?, 15th?, 16th?, 17th?, 20th?, |
| obverse 17' | (If) he goes to the north: an eclipse |
| obverse 13' | If the south wind... |
| reverse 16 | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month the land of Elam will be plundered. |
| obverse 19' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I). |
| reverse 7 | On the 20th day, on the 1st day: an eclipse will take place and... will be released. |
| obverse 14' | Month I, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), |
| reverse 11 | If in Sivan (III) ditto and its gate is open to the north: there will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse 8 | If in Nisannu (I) the moon is surrounded by a halo and it does not have a tail: an eclipse will take place in the evening watch and Adad will devastate the barley and sesame. |
| reverse 4 | The reign of the king, end of the supplication, afflicts her flesh: Adad will devastate the enemy and the land will diminish. |
| reverse 14 | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month the land of Elam will be captured. |
| obverse 2' | ... is well; in the east it is raining. |
| obverse 30' | On the 1st day: an eclipse will take place and you will keep watch like a horde. |
| obverse 27' | You set up an eclipse and you make it as before. |
| reverse 17 | If in Kislev (IX) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month the land of Subartu will be destroyed. |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a yellow halo: an eclipse.... |
| reverse 2 | (If) on the 15th day, on the 16th day, on the 18th day, on the 19th day, on the 20th day, on the 1st day: an eclipse will take place and you will keep watch over it. |
| obverse 24' | (If) an eclipse takes place: that eclipse will be black or red or yellow. |
| reverse 3 | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a halo, and the star is red: the Scales stand inside it. |
| obverse 15' | That eclipse... either black or black... |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and the Crab stands in it: rain. |
| obverse 8' | If the Moon... in Nisannu (I):.... |
| obverse 18' | (If) the south wind blows: an eclipse... on the 15th day you will be shut up. |
| reverse 10 | If in Ayyaru (VIII) ditto and its gate is open to the north: in that month pregnant women will die. |
| obverse 32' | (If) they are crossed over the path of the land: the enemy will devastate. Ditto. |
| obverse 26' | In that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 19th day, the 20th day, the 21st day, |
| obverse 16' | In that eclipse, the west wind... |
| reverse 9 | ... Adad will devastate the barley and sesame. |
| obverse 5' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a white halo, either black or red or yellow-green... |
| obverse 12' | If the north wind... |
| obverse 7' | The evening watch....... |
| obverse 22' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and the star stands in it: the great gods will... the land in their halo. |
| obverse 1' | If the Moon in Nisannu (Month I) is surrounded by a yellow-green halo |
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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