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AAT pl. 04 (P394233)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394233 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4' | (If) in ama it appears and with the Sun it sets and : later, in ama it stands. |
| reverse 18' | The 1st tablet. If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 7' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo and the south wind blows: Adad will devastate in the land. |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a lunar halo and faces the fog of the lands: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 5' | If the Moon in Tishri (VII) on the 28th day is surrounded by a lunar halo, all day long: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 6' | stands in the left side of the moon. |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a rainbow in the east: the king's reign will end those years. |
| obverse 11' | : BU is the supplication of a cloud;... is the supplication of a cloud; |
| reverse 8' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo and many stars emerge from it: rain and flood. |
| obverse 1' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen in the east: the great gods will give the land to evil. |
| obverse 10' | If the Moon at the appearance of the moon is covered in the month of the sky: the sky is covered in the sky, and it is seen with the sun. |
| obverse 23' | ... appears and |
| obverse 14' | If the Moon....... |
| reverse 10' | If the Moon ditto is surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 2' | If the Moon at its appearance appears 2 lines: a white cloud will be set; an eclipse will take place and in the beginning of the month, barley will become poor. |
| obverse 9' | (If) an eclipse takes place and like an eclipse is located on its appearance: ditto it is seen with the sun. |
| obverse 21' | ... he will die and |
| obverse 22' | ... he will die and |
| reverse 19' | Written according to the original and collated. |
| reverse 3' | If the Moon, the 12th day, the 14th day of these 12 months is surrounded by a lunar halo, and you see it like a lunar halo. |
| obverse 12' | If the Moon at its appearance stands there and stands there: Enlil will give his weapons to the enemy. |
| reverse 21' | (Property of) Gabbi-ilni-KA, chief scribe. |
| reverse 14' | If the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo: shortage of barley and straw. |
| reverse 11' | If the Moon is surrounded by a 14th day, the 14th day is surrounded by a halo on the 28th day. |
| reverse 13' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo of a lunar halo: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 15' | in... kingship(?) |
| obverse 7' | If the Moon at its appearance is eclipsed: ditto. |
| obverse 5' | If the Moon at its appearance is like ama: the king will give it to him in a favorable case. |
| obverse 8' | If the Moon at its appearance is like a star: Enlil will devastate the land for evil; there will be hostilities for the land and that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 9' | If the moon or sun is surrounded by a halo or a halo, and that halo is full of rain. |
| reverse 6' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo: the land will expand. The people will be scattered. |
| obverse 16' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen below and appears: the enemy will take place in the land. |
| reverse 15' | If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: the land will become happy. The son will speak the truth with his father. |
| reverse 16' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in the halo. |
| obverse 18' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 30th day: he will die. |
| reverse 12' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and a star stands in it: not eaten. |
| obverse 20' | ... appears and |
| reverse 17' | If the Moon at its appearance is dark: destruction of Ur. |
| reverse 4' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) on the 27th day is surrounded by a lunar halo, all day long: an eclipse will not take place. |
| obverse 2' | (If) the moon stands in front of ama and ditto stands in front of ama and the moon rises. |
| reverse 20' | Tablet of Nabû-zuqup-ukn, son of Amrtu-umu-iqa, the scribe. |
| obverse 17' | If the Moon at the appearance of the moon is seen on the 30th day and ulpa’e stands below it and stands there. |
| reverse 1' | If the Moon in Addaru (XII) is surrounded by a halo and the Shepherd stands in it. |
| obverse 19' | If the Moon is eclipsed on the 1st day and stands there: evil for the land. |
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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