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ABRT 1, 81 - 82 (P394543)
CANONICAL > Divination > Oracular Question > Oracle Questions, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 1, 81 - 82 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394543 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Oracular Question > Oracle Questions |
| 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 13 | (If) he is seized by evil and enemy, he is captured on a campaign of war... |
| reverse 10 | The enemy is frightened and his heart is frightened, and his right and left enemy sits on a throne. |
| reverse 21 | Tablet of Nabu-zuqup-ukin, son of Marduk-umu-iqia, the scribe of the extispicy. |
| obverse 26 | ...... its fortified walled walled |
| reverse 13 | among his troops, men,... who are with him, the enemy... ama and Adad |
| reverse 8 | ......... and... all day long |
| reverse 19 | The curse (related to) going to the enemy land, to kill, plunder, and loot for the well-being of the king. |
| reverse 2 | ..... he will make... rise up. |
| obverse 22 | ... the scepter, the scepter, and the scepter of a hostile enemy. |
| obverse 24 | ... slander and rebellion of a hostile army are placed before his army. |
| obverse 12 | (As for) you, the great one, Marduk, lord of the rites, |
| obverse 7 | By the command of Marduk, his lord, and... the good... he entrusted him with the men of Enlil, ama, and Marduk. |
| reverse 4 | ... esheshu, his eunuchs, his own head, |
| reverse 20 | The coils of the colon are 40 (and) 7 lines. |
| reverse 16 | Disregard that (my) lord is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, that (my) lord is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, that (my) lord is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments |
| reverse 7 | ... they are |
| reverse 5 | ................................ |
| obverse 14 | On account of the curse, famine, and famine of Adad, the Asag demon,... |
| obverse 28 | ... are placed...; they are smitten in battle before him. |
| obverse 17 | Enlil, the lord of weapons,... the goddess Itar, lady of the middle of the battle, gives birth to this. |
| obverse 5 | May the battle troops who marched at his side...... and the land of joy, |
| obverse 16 | like a hostile enemy, he marched against him. If in the construction of weapons, a reed..., he has received a frightened omen. |
| obverse 23 | ... my... and my awe-inspiring radiance I made them complete. |
| reverse 18 | ama and Adad are as follows: |
| reverse 11 | (If) he is a lord of wool and wool, he is a lord of his troops and his camp... a lion, a nipple, two-thirds of a lion |
| obverse 6 | I hung up the necks of the sea, guard of the land of Kaldi..., |
| obverse 10 | As much as he had given to him, may he cross over the roads and ditches... |
| obverse 3 | Whose great deeds are you? May he keep you as secure as your deeds. |
| obverse 25 | ... in that year, by the command of the gods ama and Adad, you said: |
| obverse 27 | ....... he decrees fates and property. |
| reverse 12 | You recite the incantation 'Night of night and night' in the midst of the night and........ their... |
| reverse 15 | To the lands the vertebrae are located inside them, a distance of one-third of the mountain.................. |
| reverse 14 | For the viewing of the world, for the clearing of barley and straw...... for the houses, for the... he entered. |
| obverse 29 | ... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| reverse 3 | ............... |
| reverse 6 | ...... with him, in the wind, lightning flashed, the weapon of battle |
| obverse 21 | ... his weapons over the weapons of the enemy |
| obverse 1 | ama, lord of judgments, Adad, lord of rites, lord of rites, lord of rites, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, strong king, king of Babylon. |
| reverse 9 | [Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in] the mouth of the lord, (or) that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep. |
| obverse 9 | With these men, the crown of Babylon...... its mountains... rivers and swamps |
| obverse 11 | I am afraid and afraid of the mountains... |
| obverse 19 | ...... he turned towards his mountains.... he goes, the warrior of his land he is surrounded by a weapon, a lion's head, a lion's head, and... |
| obverse 15 | He who determines everything (and) restores it, restores it, restores it, restores it, restores it, and places it in peace to the enemy's land. |
| obverse 4 | his troops, his land, his camp, his head... may he take away his...s. His chariots and chariots will widen his land. |
| obverse 20 | ...... they will see their mouths. Weapons will bring about his defeat. |
| reverse 17 | The ruin of his open country and his small(?) cities,...,...,... his land daily |
| reverse 1 | ... his.. Babylon, which came out, was seen in peace. |
| obverse 8 | May the one who speaks... let them take... and..., who loves him, take away his opponent. |
| obverse 18 | their mighty weapons give to him, and he is perfect... his strength. |
| obverse 2 | Whom an oath to go to his enemy's land, to kill, plunder, and plunder, |
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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