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ACh Suppl. Sin 05 (P394728)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Sin 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394728 |
| 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 5' | If 2 ears... water....... |
| obverse 8' | ... a.. a.. a... for me. |
| obverse 9' | ........ |
| reverse 1' | If... a crown.......... |
| reverse 36' | ... on the 1st day; clouds. Year 12: the 3rd year. |
| reverse 23' | If a fog rolls in the middle watch: for 6 months and 20 days. |
| reverse 38' | If the Moon at its appearance.... |
| reverse 26' | If in Nisannu (Month I), Ullu (Month I), the land of Elam (means): If in Simanu (Month VII), abau (Month VII), the land of Amurru |
| reverse 20' | If on a day of disappearance (of the day) there is a cloudy day, may it become very dark. Ditto. |
| obverse 4' | If a head to the head.... |
| reverse 17' | If the Moon on the 14th day is above...:... will be well and will not be seen with ama. |
| obverse 3' | If he is a fecund one to... |
| obverse 7' | (If) he sees a man, he is a lion |
| reverse 9' | (If) he sees a spleen: 4 apsû-plant. |
| reverse 25' | If an eclipse occurs in the morning watch: to Elam. : If in Nisannu (Month V), Abu (Month V), the land of Akkad |
| reverse 11' | If 4 ears are covered in wool, 4 fingers.... |
| reverse 10' | After each other... |
| reverse 3' | If it is favourable: the king will exercise the kingship.... |
| reverse 35' | (If) they become confused: the year 1 is the equid length, 2 is the equid length, 3 is the equid length. |
| reverse 14' | You set up a 'foot'-mark, you set up a 'black place'. You set up a 'foot'-mark,' and you set up a 'foot'-mark, and in the middle of the 'finger' you set up a 'foot'-mark. |
| reverse 33' | If the Bristle reaches the front and the Moon behind it: that year new ones. |
| reverse 30' | The path of Enlil, the land Akkad, the path of Anu, the land Elam, the path of Ea, the land Amurru and Subartu |
| reverse 4' | If 2 ears are...:.... |
| reverse 27' | Duuzu (Month IV), Arasamna (XII), (the month) Addaru (XII), (the month) Addaru, (the month) Addaru (XII), the land of Subartu. |
| reverse 29' | The south wind (is) Elam, the north wind (is) the land of Akkad, the north wind (is) the land of Akkad, the land of Subartu and the Gutians, the Westland |
| reverse 31' | If the moon reaches the eclipse: a month, the day of the watch, the wind, the road and the earth. |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 5' | If he sees a thigh in front of him:.... |
| obverse 6' | If he sees a man: the king... |
| reverse 32' | he will give a decision? for his month, his day, his watch, his day, his journey, and his star. |
| reverse 21' | If an eclipse takes place in the evening watch: : If an eclipse takes place in the evening watch: a small flood will take place. |
| reverse 24' | If an eclipse takes place in the morning watch to Akkad : if an eclipse takes place in the morning watch to Subartu |
| reverse 19' | If the day is darkened on the appearance of the moon: he will recover. |
| obverse 11' | If he is a sage(?) |
| reverse 18' | If on the 14th day the moon and sun. |
| reverse 15' | Whoever in the morning and on the day of disappearance,..., goes and sees the light, |
| obverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 12' | If the silver, Anu, the gold, Enlil, copper, Ea, |
| reverse 2' | If he is a sage... |
| reverse 7' | If 3 ears are...:....... |
| reverse 6' | If he is ill for 3 days: the chanter... |
| reverse 13' | If a rainstorm takes place in the morning watch of the eclipse of the moon....... |
| reverse 39' | ... like(?) a... tree |
| reverse 34' | If in Nisannu (I) on the 3rd day the Pleiades and the Moon are seen together: that year the shrines will be built. |
| obverse 10' | :...... |
| reverse 37' | If the sun rises in the decision of the Anunnaki: the heavens will see and. |
| reverse 16' | If the moon is... on the 13th day:... will prosper and he will see it with ama. |
| reverse 22' | If an eclipse takes place in the morning watch: (variant:) it is favourable for an eclipse. |
| reverse 28' | If on the 13th day: the land of Akkad, the 14th?, the land of Elam, the 15th day: the land of Amurru, the 16th day: the land of Subartu. |
| reverse 8' | If 3 ears are surrounded by a... halo |
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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