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AAT pl. 69 (P394263)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Adad (EAE 36–49), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 69 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394263 |
| 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 > Adad (EAE 36–49) |
| 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 col 1 13' | (If) ditto: rain will come, flood will come. |
| obverse col 1 7' | If in Simanu (i.e., in Simanu) there is a mole on the gall bladder, alternatively, there is a mole on the gall bladder: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse col 4 17' | to the property...... |
| obverse col 1 17' | If in Addaru (XII) there are rains, the day becomes cloudy and there are locusts: the harvest will diminish. |
| obverse col 1 3' | If in Addaru (XII) a king's land will seize him: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse col 1 18' | (means) : barley is small. |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... from |
| reverse col 4 13' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| reverse col 4 3' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| obverse col 1 25' | If in Abu (Month V), not a single king... |
| obverse col 1 2' | If in abau (Month XI) Adad thunders: attack of locusts against the land. |
| obverse col 1 9' | (If) in Abu (Month V) rains and floods rise and its radiance is unfavourable |
| reverse col 4 16' | The gods... |
| obverse col 1 10' | If in Ululu (Month VI), rain and flood are in the sky: there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse col 4 9' | from...... |
| obverse col 1 16' | (If) in abau (Month XI) a cloud rises and the trees rise: not approach the house. |
| obverse col 1 19' | If in the month of Nisannu (I) Adad thunders, the dais rises, the dais rises |
| obverse col 1 20' | If in Ayyaru (Month I), the end of Ayyaru (II): the king will conquer his land. |
| reverse col 4 5' | You recite... |
| obverse col 2 8' | If in Abu (Month V), ditto: the kings will prosper. |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... |
| obverse col 1 15' | If in ebtu (Month X), on day overcast, rain but the sandal is not removed. |
| obverse col 1 23' | If in Duuzu (Month IV), there will be a death; his son will die. |
| obverse col 1 6' | If in Ayyaru (Month II) there will be frost and famine in the field. |
| obverse col 1 12' | If in Arasamnu (VIII) rains and floods go, a flood will come. |
| obverse col 2 7' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto.......... |
| obverse col 1 26' | If in Ululu (Month VI) |
| obverse col 2 5' | If in Ayyaru (Month II), ditto: 30 years... heaven.... |
| reverse col 4 15' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| reverse col 4 12' | 17 years... |
| obverse col 1 11' | If in Taritu (Month VII) a rainstorm will take place: the rain and flood will fall. |
| obverse col 2 2' | If in abau (Month XI) ditto and the south wind blows: |
| obverse col 1 1' | If in abau (Month X), there will be rains in the sky, floods will occur in the river. |
| reverse col 4 18' | If Adad |
| obverse col 1 21' | If in Simanu (Month III) a son of anyone... |
| reverse col 4 7' | to...... |
| reverse col 4 1' | If in... |
| reverse col 4 11' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| reverse col 4 6' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| reverse col 4 8' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) |
| obverse col 2 3' | If in Addaru (Month XII), ditto (he approaches): he will die. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If in Nisannu (Month I) Adad thunders and the earth quakes: he will die. |
| reverse col 4 10' | in...... |
| obverse col 1 24' | Sealed.... |
| obverse col 1 14' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) rains and floods take place: there will be famine. |
| obverse col 2 6' | If in Simanu (Month III), ditto on the right and left... |
| obverse col 1 5' | If Adad thunders in Nisannu (I): barley will diminish. |
| obverse col 2 1' | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto and it is favourable for the land: rain in the sky(?); the flood will fall in the river. |
| obverse col 1 22' | (If) ditto he gives birth to a rurtu-plant: ditto: barley will be piled up in the quays of Adad. |
| reverse col 4 14' | O Itar,... |
| obverse col 1 8' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), sesame and dates are not good: the sea will... in the land. |
| obverse col 1 4' | (If) ditto a enemy... |
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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