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CM 43, pl. 20 (P394238)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CM 43, pl. 20 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394238 |
| 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 36 | If Adad...: there will be no word in the land. |
| obverse 42' | If Adad... his..., he will die, there will be famine in the river. |
| reverse 14 | If Adad rages on the right of the moon: locusts will attack and famine. |
| obverse 35' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and there is a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark: there will be 20 years. |
| reverse 3 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon: end of the reign, destruction of the land. |
| obverse 34' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and there is a mole in the 'finger.' |
| reverse 24 | If Adad thunders in the middle of ama and flashes: black lightning will come out in the middle of ama. |
| obverse 36' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and dates are gathered: he will die. |
| obverse 12' | (If) a man enters the middle of a man's city and a year................................................... he will take. |
| obverse 10' | If Adad reaches the middle ditto: there will be abundance. 67 'hands' of water in their apsû. |
| reverse 34 | If Adad [...] |
| obverse 26' | (If) he is ill, his illness will not diminish. The land of a favorable fate will be scattered. The enemy will be scattered. The king will kill the king and the people who die. |
| obverse 4' | (If) he sees a ziggurat: he will die in the land; he will die in the land and he will die. |
| obverse 45' | If Adad thunders in the middle of Babylon: the people of the land will experience sorrow. |
| reverse 12 | If Adad reaches the right of the moon: there will be famine. |
| obverse 14' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Scales: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| obverse 37' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the middle ditto and sesame will be piled up over (them). |
| reverse 13 | If Adad stretches on the right of the moon and it rains: the city(?) will become hostile to the city. |
| obverse 15' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Scales and a rainbow stretches and lightning flashes: red lightning will come out towards its right. |
| obverse 25' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Furrow and a star stands in the Furrow: there will be no famine of the land. |
| obverse 5' | If Adad thunders in the middle of... |
| reverse 35 | If Adad... the reign of the king will be long. |
| reverse 18 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the 'increment': the people will have no power. |
| reverse 6 | Will he not raise a claim? Will he not raise a claim? Will he not raise a claim? |
| obverse 17' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow rises to its right and a rainbow emerges. |
| obverse 21' | (If) the people go with them and fall in the open country: there will be a wild goat and a gazelle in the open country and a great enemy will attack the small land. |
| obverse 24' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon: there will be famine. |
| reverse 7 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow stretches (away) of its snake very red. |
| obverse 11' | (If) he is seized and the land : he is seized by the weapon(?) (and) he is seized by the Lady of the gods(!?) |
| reverse 23 | If Adad... in the middle of ama |
| reverse 2 | If Adad stands in the middle of Ulu (means): the Old Man roars. The people will see strength of the gods. |
| obverse 7' | If Adad... |
| reverse 5 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and four lightning flashes: no rain will come. |
| reverse 1 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the lung: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 29 | ... will conquer all the lands. |
| reverse 32 | If Adad... the north wind (is set) on the harvest, Nisaba |
| reverse 8 | ubtu-disease of boats : male and female : food for the people will eat. |
| reverse 31 | ... there will be floods in the land. |
| reverse 25 | ... his right... the king shall rule. |
| obverse 47' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the lung: pregnant women will die. |
| reverse 38 | If Adad... the flood will devastate the land. |
| obverse 44' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Scorpion: Adad and Nergal will devour the land. |
| reverse 16 | If Adad reaches the left of the moon and does not watch: people will not be seized. |
| obverse 38' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and the grain... a man's... will not be good. |
| obverse 48' | The land will take away a copy. |
| obverse 13' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Crook: the king of the land will not overthrow his sovereignty. |
| reverse 37 | If Adad... low floods |
| obverse 32' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and a 'finger'-mark: the men will dwell in a house. |
| obverse 27' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon and does not rain: floods will come. |
| obverse 6' | If Adad in the middle of... rain, the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 20 | If Adad thunders on the throne of the moon:.... |
| obverse 28' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon and Mars sets: there will be a strong flood in the land and a flood will come. |
| obverse 43' | If Adad... in the middle of... he thunders: the king of Elam will fall by the Weapon and the people of the land will experience sorrow. |
| reverse 9 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow whose snake is very yellow: the moon will be as good as the sun. |
| obverse 9' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' is red: rains will come out. |
| reverse 22 | If Adad thunders in the cracks of ama |
| obverse 16' | (If) he is ill with oil and he is ill: the king of the city and his people will be well. |
| obverse 22' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and the horns of his head are yellow: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 31' | (If) he eats oxen and stone: he will die. |
| reverse 30 | If Adad............ |
| reverse 27 | If Adad... (or) a rainbow whose snake is very red like a snake: kings will conquer the lands with one another. |
| obverse 29' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and Mars sets: end of the month, a reign of destruction of the land. |
| obverse 2' | If Adad roars in the middle of a planet and a planet rises in the earth: 27 days... and Marduk will come. |
| reverse 10 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow reaches its snake: the Moon is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 23' | He ascended a ru'u-disease and a ru'u-disease of the cows and the sheep and goats in the land and the people of the downstream of the river have seized her. |
| reverse 15 | If Adad reaches the left of the moon: there will be famine. |
| obverse 33' | (If) they give birth to males: there will be famine; the god will not be frightened with the man. |
| obverse 40' | If Adad [...]..., there will be famine in the land and the shepherd of all the land will rule. |
| reverse 21 | If Adad thunders in the Lion: the king of Elam will fall in battle. |
| reverse 28 | If Adad... (and) Tirana, whose snake is very yellow: ama will die. |
| reverse 4 | If Adad reaches the middle of the moon and four halo(s) become red and rain. |
| obverse 18' | (If) the stars of heaven enter together: defeat of the fish and Ea. |
| obverse 20' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow flashes like a halo: the great gods will be glad. |
| reverse 17 | If Adad - in the left of the moon it thunders with the furious fury: the flood will diminish. |
| reverse 40 | ... is swollen. |
| obverse 3' | (If) there are 17 years, he will not have a rival among the gods: I will kill servants and women in the land. |
| obverse 19' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow flares up like a crescent. |
| obverse 41' | If Adad................. |
| reverse 33 | If Adad.................... |
| reverse 19 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the halo: the flood will come close and. |
| reverse 41 | ...... |
| reverse 39 | If Adad... |
| obverse 30' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and a irnun-plant: there will be no one(?) who will conquer the land... the throne will take, and lordship will be established. |
| obverse 39' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' a 'weapon'-mark and the 'weapon'-mark of the land. |
| obverse 46' | If Adad thunders in the middle of a boat: rain, flood, flood will come. |
| reverse 11 | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow whose bird is very yellow: the moon will rage like a lion. |
| reverse 26 | If Adad... a rainbow whose snake is red like a snake: a man will speak with a man. |
| obverse 8' | If Adad is darkened in the middle of ama: he will conquer 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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