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K 02517 (P394481)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02517 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394481 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | ... the south wind |
| reverse 20' | ... emerges (from) the south, emerges (from) the west (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (from) the horizon (to) the horizon (from) the horizon (to) the horizon) |
| reverse 16' | ... a black/black cloud(?)...... |
| reverse 21' | ... the one who... her?, black?, to the quay... |
| reverse 17' | ... is to be carried (back) and to be carried (back)... |
| reverse 4' | ... her......... |
| reverse 5' | ... in the month...... |
| reverse 3' | ... like a lion...,...., |
| reverse 11' | ... in a black storm, a black storm and a black storm(?) |
| reverse 13' | [...]... [...]... [...]... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| reverse 12' | ... he is able to smite and he is able to smite in a snare (or): in a snare (or): in a snare (or) in a snare (or) in a snare (or) in a snare (or) in a snare (or) in a snare... |
| reverse 8' | ... the north wind blew(?); black and black in its midst ditto and its clearing was good... |
| reverse 10' | ... in a black storm he is bringing out, he is a black storm, and he is a black storm... |
| reverse 18' | ... a black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black/black |
| reverse 7' | (If) he is ill(?): he will die; he will die in his heart; Adad will die; Adad.... |
| reverse 19' | ... made... rise from the west to the south. That day, rain |
| reverse 14' | ... the naukat and the mlua-demon in the naukat and the mlua-demon... in the naukat and the mlua-demon. |
| reverse 9' | ...... a yellow-green... in the sea in... |
| reverse 15' | ... her(?), she is a black one, she is a black one. That day,... : |
| reverse 6' | ... the storm(?) which was set up(?), from the south to the south(?) |
| reverse 22' | ... and the south wind blew on her own. |
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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