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Nisaba 2, pl. V 2 (P394249)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. V 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394249 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | (and) the land Akkad |
| 20' | If the Moon at its appearance reaches its left horn: the price of sesame. |
| 10' | If the Moon at its appearance is 1 star at its left horn: its right and left. |
| 16' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown in it: an evil curse will take place. |
| 17' | If the Moon at its appearance is located inside it: alternatively, it will be located inside it. |
| 8' | If the Moon at its appearance is 1 star in the middle of its horn. |
| 9' | (If) its left horn is pointed and stands there: eclipse of the sun in the west. |
| 11' | he smote and stood there. The king of Akkad will seize this land. |
| 2' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a... star: the king of the land will devastate. |
| 3' | If the Moon at its appearance ditto: the star stands there. |
| 15' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown: the land will make its seals disappear. |
| 18' | Ditto: he will become a widow. |
| 12' | (If) ditto: eclipse of the king of Akkad, Akkad, his servants will kill him in a massacre. |
| 1' | If the Moon.......... |
| 5' | ... Iddekka |
| 14' | — The king of Akkad is a strong king. |
| 4' | he will make the son of the messenger come out and he will be satisfied with the bed of the gods. |
| 6' | If the Moon at its appearance... its forehead between its right and left horn. |
| 13' | If the 3rd, when it appears, in front of it, |
| 19' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a horn: the exchange rate of barley will diminish. |
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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