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K 02229 (P394281)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02229 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394281 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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 3' | (If) he is surrounded by a mountain: he will become small; he will recover... in battle. |
| obverse col 4 6' | If the stars in the sky are yellow:.... |
| obverse col 4 25' | If the stars...... |
| obverse col 4 4' | If the stars of heaven stand... |
| obverse col 4 12' | If the stars are seized: the land will be seized. |
| obverse col 4 15' | If the stars of the night become dark: the gods of the land and the gods....... |
| obverse col 2 11' | If the 5 stars.... |
| obverse col 4 18' | If the names of the people are like an eclipse: a reign of unalterable years. |
| obverse col 1 18' | Year 6 of the gods in the midst of the land...... |
| obverse col 4 23' | If the stars are very white... Adad 4 times... Akkad(?) |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... in that year, the lord |
| obverse col 1 4' | If Venus is located there: there will be famine. |
| obverse col 4 24' | If the stars in....... |
| obverse col 4 8' | If the stars in the sky....... |
| obverse col 4 14' | If the stars become dilapidated,.... |
| obverse col 1 9' | ...: the city will conquer. The land will become small. |
| obverse col 4 5' | If the stars appear in the sky(?) |
| obverse col 2 6' | If a star... in all... |
| obverse col 2 9' | If 3 stars.... |
| obverse col 4 27' | ...... |
| obverse col 4 2' | If the star of heaven... |
| obverse col 1 13' | If the Pleiades are located: death will occur in the land. |
| obverse col 1 22' | If a star |
| obverse col 2 2' | If the stars....... |
| obverse col 4 17' | If the stars of the night become angry with the gods:... will come to the land. |
| obverse col 1 21' | If the... star |
| obverse col 4 11' | If the stars are guarded....... |
| obverse col 4 19' | If the stars of the night are sprinkling, the strong king.... |
| obverse col 4 20' | If the stars...: there will be peace in the land. |
| obverse col 1 11' | If the Yoke reaches the surface: the king of the land will die and in the land will seize the throne. |
| obverse col 2 10' | If the 4 stars.... |
| obverse col 4 7' | If the stars in the sky....... |
| obverse col 1 8' | (If) the Kidney Star is located: the king of the city, his enemy. |
| obverse col 4 22' | If the stars...... to the king |
| obverse col 2 8' | If 2 stars....... |
| obverse col 1 12' | Ditto: the land will be seized. |
| obverse col 1 20' | If a star in the east |
| obverse col 1 17' | If Pabilsag is present: the Ekur of Enlil... evil. |
| obverse col 2 1' | ... |
| obverse col 4 13' | If the stars stand there: barley,....... |
| obverse col 4 3' | If the star... behind |
| obverse col 4 9' | ...... and... |
| obverse col 1 16' | (If) he is seized by a lion: ditto. To the king, the king will kill their barley. |
| obverse col 1 6' | If the Twins become stationary: the land will be destroyed and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 1 10' | If a sow gives birth to a man: he will become poor. |
| obverse col 2 7' | If a star in An.... |
| obverse col 2 5' | If the stars of heaven.... |
| obverse col 1 2' | If Mars becomes stationary (on) the left: the gods... |
| obverse col 1 19' | If a star becomes visible in the east and.... |
| obverse col 1 7' | If the Bristle rises: the land will widen. |
| obverse col 4 10' | If the stars in... become dark.... |
| obverse col 2 4' | If a star from....... |
| obverse col 2 3' | If the star of ama |
| obverse col 1 14' | The extensive lands entered the city |
| obverse col 4 26' | If the stars.......... |
| obverse col 1 15' | If a star reaches their normal length: the king of the land will die. |
| obverse col 4 21' | If the stars. |
| obverse col 4 16' | If the stars of the night have sat down,... will not change.... |
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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