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AAT pl. 87 (K 2177) (P394237)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 87 (K 2177) |
|---|---|
| ID | P394237 |
| 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 14 | : Mars approaches the Furrow. |
| obverse 10 | If a planet rises (and) Zappa rises and dies |
| obverse 9 | Mars and the tablet of ama-til-sagu |
| obverse 1 | ...... Tiglath-pileser, Mars |
| obverse 7 | ... Mercury and if Jupiter and Zappa rise |
| reverse 15' | The 6th tablet. |
| obverse 37 | If the Kidney Star reaches the path of ama: there will be famine. |
| obverse 35 | ... Mars rises and |
| obverse 32 | Jupiter stands inside the Furrow. |
| obverse 3 | ... Mars rises and |
| obverse 20 | ... Zappa... |
| obverse 39 | ...... he conquered... |
| obverse 30 | — Mercury stands in the Furrow |
| obverse 36 | If the Bow reaches the Field: in that year there will be famine. |
| obverse 22 | If the Eagle approaches the Bristle: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 41 | Venus (or) Saturn (or): Saturn. |
| obverse 27 | If the Bow reaches the Eagle: the sesame will be good. |
| reverse 11' | ......... |
| obverse 18 | (means): Saturn rises to the Furrow. |
| obverse 26 | (If) Mars or the Yoke Constellation approaches Anunitu: |
| obverse 25 | If the arru and approaches the Field: he will die and her illness will be destroyed. |
| obverse 45 | ... Tiglath-pileser |
| obverse 28 | Mars approaches the Furrow. :... stands inside the Furrow |
| obverse 38 | Venus and ulpae rise and |
| obverse 13 | If the Pleiades come close to the Field: talent of date palm. |
| obverse 2 | If the Bristle reaches the Pleiades: in that year the field will diminish. |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ... Nanna |
| obverse 42 | (If) it is seen on the right and on the left:... eclipse. |
| obverse 34 | If the Bow reaches the Lion: in that year there will be famine. |
| obverse 6 | The Pleiades will conquer Marduk. In that year there will be wisdom and wisdom. |
| obverse 4 | If the Pleiades eat the Fish: in that year there will be hunger. |
| obverse 5 | If Mars rises and Saturn sets |
| obverse 31 | If the Bow reaches ulpa’e: the lands of Elam will eat good bread. |
| reverse 5' | ... will fall and |
| reverse 16' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 23 | ... and Mars |
| obverse 43 | If Uruk goes on the road: the price will diminish. |
| obverse 29 | If the Bow reaches the Crook: the harvest will prosper. |
| obverse 33 | If the Kidney Star reaches the Field and stands there: in that year there will be a famine. |
| obverse 19 | If the Bristle rises and eats the Bristle |
| obverse 44 | (means): ulpae rises. |
| obverse 16 | ... Zappu rises and |
| obverse 15 | If the Frond reaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 11 | If the Bristle reaches the Crab: Zappu and Mars. |
| obverse 8 | If the army of ama is killed and if the governor of Adad is killed |
| obverse 21 | If the Pleiades come close to the Pleiades: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 24 | If the king approaches the Bristle: the land will be scattered. The people will die. |
| obverse 40 | If Amurru-uballi, on the south side,... will conquer Adad. |
| obverse 17 | If the Erua star reaches the Field: the sesame will be good. |
| obverse 12 | If the Bristle reaches the Field: there will be an akalû-demon. Adad will devastate, Mercury and Zappa. |
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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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