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K 02280 (P394317)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Adad (EAE 36–49), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02280 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394317 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 5' | ... you take away(?) |
| reverse 14' | ... the flood will come. |
| reverse 20' | If a rainbow becomes visible and their snakes are very red: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| reverse 43' | ... he entered over Inatiu. |
| obverse 9' | If he sees... and he strews a lightning flashes until the seventh. |
| obverse 19' | If its lightning flashes: the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will eat food. |
| obverse 25' | ...... he will recover. |
| reverse 28' | ... there will be famine in that month in the land Elam and the land Amurru. |
| obverse 4' | If a lightning flashes... and it thunders seven times: Adad will shout... rain. |
| obverse 16' | If a lightning flashes and its neck : Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 13' | ...... rain. On the second day... |
| obverse 15' | If a cloudburst... and its neck is swollen: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 35' | If a fog rolls in Simanu (III): the king of the land will conquer his enemies. |
| obverse 20' | ..... he purifies and recites |
| obverse 24' | ... a field will be destroyed and lions will be seized. |
| reverse 2' | ... rain |
| obverse 23' | .... he received a sagkullû-demon. The lions were smashed. |
| obverse 18' | If its horns do not exist: enemy attack. : (If) a lightning flashes: to the lands. |
| obverse 3' | If a lightning flashes like a fire: Adad will not devastate. |
| reverse 7' | ... rain but the sandal was not removed |
| reverse 27' | ... there will be rains in Akkad; there will be frost in Subartu. |
| reverse 9' | ... : ditto: that city will be as high as a mountain. |
| reverse 42' | If there is a mole in Nisannu (I): there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 26' | ... of the flood(?) |
| reverse 44' | ... he went out to the quay |
| obverse 11' | If...-pih and a lightning flashes: there will be famine. |
| reverse 10' | ...... : If ditto (a man)... from an eclipse to an eclipse... Adad.... |
| obverse 6' | If a lightning flashes from the north to the east: the flood will come. |
| reverse 17' | [If...] a rainbow flares up in the ama sky and rains. |
| reverse 15' | If... of a rainbow in their appearance, it is very strong: there will be frost. |
| reverse 37' | If a fog rolls in Ululu (Month VI): the furrow will raise its head. : If on the day that Mars sets and ditto: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 3' | ..... |
| obverse 14' | (If)...... enters into the middle of the sky: Adad will rise above the sun. |
| obverse 13' | If...... lightning flashes: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 34' | If a fog rolls in Ayyaru (XII): that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 12' | ...... : on the 1st day he will not live. |
| reverse 11' | ... in her heart Adad... |
| obverse 5' | If the north wind blows from the south to the east: rain and floods will come. |
| reverse 24' | [If...] on the day that the moon stands in front of the moon: a rainbow will come out for the sun. |
| obverse 21' | ... they have turned into..., and what is it that has been destroyed? |
| reverse 18' | If a rainbow emerges in the sky: rain will not diminish. |
| reverse 16' | If... of a rainbow at their appearance is very yellow: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 30' | If Adad reaches its left and a rainbow sets: there will be famine. |
| reverse 21' | If a father, in the morning, ama, stands in the sky |
| reverse 25' | If a rainbow appears in the east: people will die. |
| reverse 38' | If a sow enters Tishri (VII): the king will send hostile messages to the king. |
| reverse 22' | If.... in the midst of ama, he is stricken, he is stricken: he will die. |
| reverse 39' | ... the king in the city of his son ditto. |
| reverse 26' | ... from east to west: in that month, there will be hostilities in Akkad and Subartu. |
| reverse 41' | If the anomaly enters in Addaru (XII) |
| obverse 7' | ..., the east wind (and) west wind blew; Adad roared. |
| obverse 12' | If... and lightning flashes: rain, field. |
| obverse 10' | If a...-plant is white and yellow in a yellow cloud: a lightning flashes until the 7th day. |
| reverse 23' | If... on the day that the eclipse of heaven takes place, a rainbow will not approach. |
| reverse 4' | ... rains go up to the water. |
| reverse 33' | If a fog rolls in Nisannu (I): the prince's land will seize him and attack his palace. |
| obverse 22' | .... he received..., the sa.g.g.-demon has been seized. |
| reverse 31' | If Adad reaches its left and a rainbow sets: there will be famine |
| reverse 6' | ... dark... |
| reverse 46' | ... his brother, when he dies |
| reverse 19' | If a rainbow appears and their snakes are very yellow: Nergal will devour in the land. |
| reverse 29' | In the land of Elam there will be rain in the land. |
| reverse 40' | If a fog rolls in abau (XI): there will be frost. |
| reverse 36' | If a sorcery enters the month of Du'uzu (IV): that year will occur. : If in Ab (V) ditto there are moths. |
| reverse 45' | ... there will be... in the land |
| obverse 17' | If its lightning flashes like a fog: Mercury will devastate the king's land for his enemy. |
| obverse 8' | is 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, if it is located like a mound, and it is located on the ground like a flood. |
| reverse 8' | ... ditto: after 30 days Adad will devastate the land. |
| reverse 32' | ... his(?)... in the south, rain in the north, the river level in the east, rain in the west |
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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