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AAT pl. 40 (K 3547) (P395082)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Ištar (EAE 50–68), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 40 (K 3547) |
|---|---|
| ID | P395082 |
| 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 > Ištar (EAE 50–68) |
| 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 4' | ... to Zibanitu(?) |
| reverse 24' | He has written to me the people who eat oxen and see them. |
| reverse 23' | (If) he is frightened: cattle will expand; cattle will grow in the steppe; he will die; he will die. |
| obverse 22 | If a planet rises in its rising in the west: the furrow.... |
| obverse 3 | If a planet becomes visible in Ululu (VI) on the 2nd day: he will die. |
| obverse 4 | If a sheep stall becomes visible in the beginning of Ululu (VI). |
| obverse 8 | If a planet becomes visible in Arasamnu (VIII): there will be famine. |
| obverse 26 | If a ram stands inside the moon:... will devour in the land. |
| obverse 9 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Arasamnu (VIII): there will be famine. |
| obverse 20 | (If) ditto: in Mercury (the sun) is seen with the sun. (If) ditto: with the moon it is low. |
| obverse 13 | If a planet becomes visible in ebetu (X): rejoicing, cattle and sheep. |
| obverse 15 | If a planet becomes visible in Addaru (XII): deaths will take place. |
| reverse 7' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Crab: there will be famine. |
| obverse 24 | : heir will not sit down; I see the light. : Ayumma... |
| obverse 6 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Taritu (Month VII). |
| obverse 17 | If a planet becomes visible and stands there for the third year: in the east and east, battle will take place. |
| reverse 11' | If Mars reaches the horn: the lands of Amurru will be destroyed. |
| obverse 1 | If a planet becomes visible in Nisannu (I): there will be barley and sesame in the land. |
| reverse 19' | If a pig enters a sheepfold and sees (it) in the land of Elam: barley and sesame will prosper. |
| obverse 18 | If a planet (is) the first year (or) the second year in the sky: he will not enter. |
| obverse 29 | If a planet stands in Gemini (and) the Moon stands in that year: a wild goat will fall. Ditto.... |
| reverse 16' | (and) the land Akkad will be destroyed. The land will be destroyed and the land will be destroyed. That land will be destroyed. That land will be destroyed in its (own) place and it will not return. |
| obverse 5 | If a planet becomes visible in Tartu (VII): battle will take place in the throne and the throne. |
| obverse 10 | If a planet becomes visible in Kislev (IX): there will be famine. |
| obverse 30 | If the Scales stands in front of the moon: in that year there will be death. |
| obverse 11 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Kislimu (Month IX): there will be famine. |
| obverse 14 | If a planet stands in ebetu (X) and its stars are black: attack of cattle and sheep. |
| reverse 5' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Crab: there will be famine. |
| reverse 26' | If the Goat reaches the path of ama: the price will diminish. |
| reverse 18' | (gloss: break) of the land of Uruk (gloss: break) Adad. |
| obverse 19 | If the Kidney Star of Ninurta becomes visible with the Moon: |
| reverse 12' | If Mars becomes eclipsed: a decision will take place and the harvest of the land will prosper. The city will give birth to the enemy. |
| reverse 17' | If there is a mole inside the Field, Mars becomes visible and is seen in front of the third year: rains, famine, and flood will be favourable. |
| reverse 25' | If Mrû enters the moon and does not see the son of the king: the throne will take place. |
| reverse 13' | ... of Mars becomes visible in the land: in that year a enemy will attack, and the land will diminish(?) his land. |
| reverse 9' | Mars becomes visible to the... of the land |
| reverse 6' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Crab: there will be great lions. |
| obverse 7 | If a planet becomes visible in the 6th month: there will be battle in the east and east. |
| reverse 27' | ... when An and Enlil |
| obverse 2 | If a sheep stall becomes visible in Nisannu (I). |
| obverse 28 | If a planet stands in the left horn of the moon: the king(?) will exercise world dominion. |
| reverse 8' | ... Mars(?)...... |
| obverse 23 | (If) ditto the furrow is seen: there will be rebellion and rebellion. |
| reverse 22' | If Mars is dark: the people who eat food will experience hunger. The heart of the land will become happy. |
| obverse 12 | If a planet in Kislimu becomes eclipsed and the middle of the 'finger' is split: the people will die. |
| reverse 21' | ... to another country... the enemy's hand will be smashed... the hand of his gods to the enemy's land. |
| obverse 31 | If the Scales stands in front of the moon: in that year an interest will diminish. |
| reverse 14' | If there is a mole on Mars: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 21 | (If) either a 14th day, a 16th day or a 17th day: the flood will come. |
| obverse 32 | If a planet and a planet come close: deaths will occur in the land. |
| obverse 27 | If a ram stands in the right horn of the moon: there will be famine in the land of Amurru. |
| reverse 20' | If Mars approaches the Old Man: there will be famine in the land of Amurru and brother will kill brother. |
| reverse 10' | ... that land will become destroyed; in that year a enemy will attack and that land....... |
| obverse 25 | If ama sets and, in its position, the Arrow becomes visible: hand of a man. |
| obverse 16 | If a planet emerges in the east in Mercury: the enemy will live in his land. |
| reverse 15' | If in Nisannu (Month I) Mars becomes visible: the 'third year' rains will be piled up. |
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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