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ACh Suppl. Sin 23 (Rm 2, 118) (P394337)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Sin 23 (Rm 2, 118) |
|---|---|
| ID | P394337 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 8 | If in abau (Month XI), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the sun sets: he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse col 4 2 | If in abau (Month XI) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the lord of darkness... the king.... |
| obverse col 1 6' | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and its eclipse takes place: destruction of Subartu and Guti. |
| obverse col 2 5' | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the wind blows: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 3 6 | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 18th day an eclipse takes place and the day is overcast: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse col 4 7 | If in abau (Month XI) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows: |
| obverse col 2 2' | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it is red after the year. |
| obverse col 2 1' | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a black.... |
| obverse col 1 5' | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and he sees a mole: he will recover. |
| obverse col 1 2' | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows:... and the Westland will conquer. |
| reverse col 3 3 | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind....... |
| obverse col 1 3' | If in Sivan (III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the watch becomes eclipsed: fall of the land of Elam and Guti. |
| reverse col 3 5 | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and.... |
| obverse col 1 1' | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows:. |
| reverse col 3 1 | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows:....... |
| obverse col 2 3' | (If) in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it is yellow: a fire will rage. |
| reverse col 3 8 | If in Arasamna (VIII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and (the moon) becomes eclipsed in the north: the eclipse of the king. |
| reverse col 3 7 | If in Taritu (VII) an eclipse takes place and with the Sun a famine.... |
| obverse col 2 6' | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the watch becomes eclipsed. |
| reverse col 3 4 | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows:.... |
| reverse col 3 2 | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind....... |
| reverse col 4 5 | If in abau (Month XI) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and with the sun comes out. |
| reverse col 4 6 | If in abau (Month XI) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows: the king will send hostile messages to the king. |
| reverse col 4 3 | If in abau (Month XI), on the fourteenth day an eclipse takes place and the watch.... |
| obverse col 2 4' | If in Taritu (Month VII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and he gives birth to a goat: he will not thrive. |
| reverse col 4 1 | (If) in abau (Month XI), on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a talent.... |
| reverse col 4 9 | If in abau (Month XI), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blows: |
| obverse col 1 4' | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the earth quakes: there will be hunger in the land of Elam. |
| reverse col 4 4 | If in abau (Month XI) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the watch becomes eclipsed.... |
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- 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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