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K 02253 (P394295)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Ištar (EAE 50–68), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394295 |
| 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 > Ištar (EAE 50–68) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | If the Arrow to the south |
| 5' | If the Yoke Constellation is surrounded by a halo: Ninurta will revolt against the throne of the gods. |
| 8' | If the Kidney Star stands in the halo of the moon: an eclipse of the land. |
| 11' | If the Scorpius stands in front of the moon.... |
| 1' | If on the day... star(s) |
| 9' | If the Stag stands on the right of the moon: an eclipse of Akkad. |
| 15' | (If) the Bow reaches the Kidney Star |
| 2' | If its stars... |
| 7' | If the Stag stands in the midst of the moon: an eclipse of Subartu. |
| 10' | If the Kidney Star stands at the left of the Moon: an eclipse of the Westland. |
| 18' | ...... of... |
| 6' | If the Plough reaches the north: in that year the west wind blows. |
| 17' | If the Bow afflicts a fog:.... |
| 4' | (If) the Arrow is dark:. |
| 13' | If the Bow reaches the Eagle: |
| 14' | The Bow, the Arrow reaches... |
| 16' | If the Bow is darkened... |
| 12' | If the Pabilsag Constellation is very red |
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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