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Nisaba 2, pl. VI 4, 8 (P394277)
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. VI 4, 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394277 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 9' | If a fog blows over the city: the guard of Mercury : the city will change the guard of the enemy. |
| obverse 10 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and it stands there and its horns are bent: in that month the river will go. |
| reverse 14' | If the... which is above her, her dream is long and she is covered. |
| obverse 4 | If the Moon at its appearance is dark: variant: a rainbow and? its horns will rain. |
| obverse 5 | If the Moon is dark: its horns and horns are seen with the sun. : a report in that year in the evening?, there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| reverse 1' | ..., small(?) city |
| obverse 3 | If the Moon at its appearance is dark and its horns are bent: in that month the barley will diminish. |
| obverse 7 | If the Moon is dark (or): it stands... and its left horn is dark: there will be famine in Akkad. |
| obverse 13 | [If the moon] stands in the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), a star stands in its left horn: an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 7' | If a Perforation is provided with a perforation in her dream: a reign of long days. |
| obverse 8 | If the Moon is dark: variant: he will die and his horns will be scattered in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If he is ill in her womb like a fog on the fourth day: the land will eat good bread. |
| reverse 10' | If a meteor flashes in the middle of the sky: the prince's eyes will turn his attention to the city and his land. |
| obverse 9 | If the Moon is dark, variant: a kiln and its horns are bright: evil for the land. |
| reverse 8' | If he is ill and he becomes distant : he will reach the highest rank; he will go to the king. |
| obverse 2 | If the Moon at its appearance is faint and its horns are seen with the moon: a report. |
| reverse 2' | ... the small(?) city |
| obverse 1 | If the moon's horns at its appearance are faint: rain in that month. |
| reverse 5' | If the 'increment' has fallen upon her(?), the reign of her king |
| reverse 13' | Tablet 4 of.... |
| reverse 11' | ... there will be famine and hunger in the land. His troops and his men will die. |
| reverse 15' | Written and collated. |
| reverse 3' | ... the one who destroys the destruction of the land will go away. : The land... |
| obverse 12 | If the Moon at its appearance is 1 star at its right horn: an eclipse of the governor of Akkad; that land will diminish. |
| obverse 6 | If the Moon is dark: variant: a kru-mark and its right horn are long: there will be famine in the Westland. |
| reverse 4' | ... of the people(?) |
| reverse 6' | If he appoints him and he sees the reign of his king: he will take the enemy's land in the land. |
| obverse 11 | If the moon's horns are seen with the moon: in that month a man will come. |
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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