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ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 119 (P394279)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394279 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 51' | If the Fox reaches the Lion: in that year there will be famine. |
| obverse col 2 42' | If the Kidney Star enters its middle and does not come out: the son of the king will enter his father's house and seize the throne. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... brother of his brother. |
| obverse col 2 39' | If the Field, when it appears, is black: Enlil will destroy the land. |
| obverse col 2 26' | ...... the goats...... the boats... |
| obverse col 2 20' | If the Wagon, on the north side, a black star rises: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse col 2 9' | If a Bristle and a great star rise, the king will die and the enemy will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 30' | If a man... his |
| obverse col 2 46' | If a sow gives birth to a red breast: the first year is favourable. |
| obverse col 2 53' | If the Field at its appearance is very red: Gula will devour the land. |
| reverse col 3 10' | ... land(?) |
| obverse col 2 48' | He receives the supplications of the lord of the tribute of kings. |
| obverse col 2 11' | (If) the kings are well: the Scorpius of the Sea will be reconciled. |
| obverse col 2 5' | If a enemy will write to the land |
| obverse col 2 23' | If the Kidney Star reaches its right horn: women will make the throne last long. |
| obverse col 2 43' | If the Bristle reaches the Pleiades: the wife of a man will become confused; there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 40' | ... the Field (means) : Eridu's star rises with her and stands there. |
| obverse col 2 13' | If a sow gives birth to a white crown: there will be a great flood in the land. |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... destroyed |
| obverse col 2 36' | rains, famine, floods, famine come and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse col 2 32' | If the Kidney Star approaches Marduk:... will see good. |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... they will be carried off. |
| obverse col 2 47' | If a fog lies on its right side: there will be a star, and the small star is a king of Elam. |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... oil(?) |
| obverse col 2 15' | If the Field enters inside ama: the son of the king, his father, will kill him. |
| obverse col 2 33' | (If) gods make decisions for the land (and) decide his fate: the harvest will be favourable. |
| obverse col 2 52' | (If) the Righteous One (is) the Field, on the south side: in that year cattle and sheep will fall. |
| obverse col 2 12' | If the Kidney Star rises in the east : the West wind blows and the West wind blows: there will be hunger in the land. |
| obverse col 2 18' | If the Field reaches the neck of ama: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 41' | (If) a king with Suen (and) Suen: he will give the offerings to Suen. |
| obverse col 2 38' | If the Field in front of it ditto |
| obverse col 2 56' | ...... : If ditto a planet becomes visible in Ayyaru (XII):... will become stable. |
| obverse col 2 37' | If the Bristle is red in front of her: famine of the people; the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse col 1 1' | ...-nu |
| obverse col 2 17' | If the Bristle reaches the stars: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 21' | If the Field reaches ama: the heir of the king's son will kill his father and seize the throne. |
| obverse col 2 45' | If the Field enters its middle and does not come out: the king's son will enter his father's house and seize the throne. |
| obverse col 2 22' | If the Bristle reaches the breast of black women: women will die. |
| obverse col 2 25' | If the Bristle approaches the Fish: the land will be destroyed. The people will be allotted. The people will... the land. |
| obverse col 2 14' | If ama reaches the path of ama: there will be famine. |
| obverse col 2 49' | If a sow stands on its left side: a star will take place. The sow will diminish. |
| obverse col 2 54' | (If) a Bristle reaches and two ears: the king of Elam will reach the highest rank and the kings will raise a hand against it. |
| reverse col 3 6' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 6' | ...... will come to the land |
| obverse col 2 35' | If the Wagon...... in the land: there will be famine; the land will eat bread. |
| obverse col 2 28' | If the Bristle is surrounded by 3 lines: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 44' | If a Bristle rises and approaches a star: in the sixth month the king will die and his land will eat food. |
| reverse col 3 12' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... and Til-duri |
| obverse col 2 19' | If the Kidney Star stands in front of ama: the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If uldi and ulpae pass by...: he will come out. |
| obverse col 2 7' | If the Bristle... Marduk(?)... hunger (and) barley will be present in the land. |
| obverse col 2 16' | If the Field reaches ama and enters ama: the city will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 27' | If the Field does not have a name: that land will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 31' | rain... |
| obverse col 2 50' | If a man's barley is sick: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 10' | If the Bristle, when it rises, rises to its place and stands there: kings will make peace. |
| obverse col 2 29' | ... appears in the east and Mercury stands in front of it. |
| obverse col 2 34' | (If) locusts appear in front of that year and the harvest of the land will not prosper: Adad will rage. |
| obverse col 2 55' | (If) the Bristle reaches the 3 ears: the king of Akkad will reach the highest rank and the kings will raise his head. |
| obverse col 2 2' | If uldi and ulpae... the reign of the king. |
| obverse col 2 24' | If the Bristle stands in its left horn: women will die in the womb. |
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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