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ACh Shamash 13 (P395116)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Shamash 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395116 |
| 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 14' | If Adad sees and sees (them) in the sky: Adad will seize him. |
| reverse 21' | The king Burnabrya has taken these names from these black-headed people. |
| reverse 26' | It is the 36th day. |
| obverse 6 | If on the 10th day: there will be frost in the city. : in the land of ama (means) : there will be a chariot. |
| obverse 30 | If his day is yellow: the king will not live; the king will not dwell in the land. |
| obverse 1 | If in the beginning of the year the sun rises: the king will defeat ama. |
| obverse 7 | If on the 14th day the king is present in the city: he will die : he will die in the city. |
| obverse 4 | If on the second day he is ill...: he will die. The weapons will be scattered. The king will take away the weapons. |
| obverse 9 | If the 16th day is dark and is cloudy: the king will be killed in his city, and he will pay silver and gold to the land. |
| reverse 13' | If Adad... and the flood afflicts the land: an eclipse will occur. |
| reverse 3' | If on the 26th day he goes and ditto and he goes to the east: fall of the enemy troops in the land?. |
| obverse 24 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon a cloud cloud rises: the land will be destroyed. The people : attack of a chariot. |
| reverse 25' | Day and day are dark. |
| obverse 28 | If his day is strong and unfavorable: kingship will be established for kingship. |
| obverse 32 | If the sun is seen on the day of the moon on the black day: there will be an eclipse and nobody will see (it). The great gods will make a rebellion against the land. |
| reverse 19' | The 33rd (time), the year (in which) the niirtu of the heavens was deposited. The tablet of the alutu (temple) was repaid. Warad-Enlil |
| reverse 22' | ...... did not approach the king, he settled 100 days in the throne. |
| reverse 32' | and the fifth year of the king of Babylon. |
| reverse 18' | If the sun rises and is dark: there will be dihu-disease. : In the morning? there will be... clay. |
| reverse 4' | If in Diaru (Month XII) the sun stands in the middle of an eclipse (means): fire will stand in the eclipse. |
| obverse 11 | If on the 20th day it is darkened on the head of his body: the king will die and he will die. |
| reverse 8' | If a ewe gives birth to a 2nd and it is provided with a cloud which is red in front of it: rain will diminish. |
| reverse 16' | If a lightning flashes like a fire: Adad... fiercely. |
| reverse 20' | Marduk-nadin-ahi, Lu-Papsu-kkal and Taqia-Gula, the goods of Uruk, made (them) rejoice. |
| obverse 23 | If the day reaches its normal length, and the sun set. |
| obverse 13 | If on the 24th day : the 25th day: the king will die. : (If) his eyes are swollen with a weapon. : (If) a man will die. |
| obverse 26 | If he is stricken on his chest: the king will devastate. : His palace will become confused. : In his palace they will become confused. |
| reverse 12' | (If) an eclipse occurs in the south and north: in its midst Adad will die, Adad will die. |
| obverse 3 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon : there will be a flood in the land of the chariot of ama. |
| obverse 35 | If an anomaly emerges: the king of the land will die. |
| reverse 2' | If on the 23rd day he rises and ditto and he goes to the east:.... |
| reverse 27' | According to the wording of a tree, a juniper, an adru-juniper, an adru-juniper, an adru-juniper |
| obverse 10 | If on the 20th day it is dark: the king will experience famine. : In front of the kings : he will recover. : |
| reverse 1' | ... and... barley |
| obverse 12 | If the day of the second day is dark: the kings will be well. |
| reverse 9' | If the sun comes out at its appearance: there will be famine and hunger. |
| obverse 33 | If ama in the month of Nisannu (I) on the 30th day (and) on the 28th day two eclipses take place: he will die and the king will kill him and seize the throne. |
| reverse 28' | Tablet of Nabû-zuqup-ukn, son of Marduk-umu-iqa, the scribe. |
| reverse 7' | If a sorcerer reaches its normal length and swells: there will be famine in Kutha in the land. |
| reverse 31' | Year 17 of Sargon (II), king of Assyria. |
| obverse 31 | If its light is like a fire: the king will die. |
| obverse 18 | If on the 29th day ama, the Anunnaki and ama heard (it). |
| reverse 30' | Month Nisannu (I),...th day, eponymy of Nashur-Bel, governor of the land of Sinabu. |
| obverse 5 | If on the... day the field is surrounded by a halo and the brother of his brother's house will be captured. |
| obverse 25 | If the 2nd is constantly confused: the awe-inspiring radiance of the land will occur; : the awe-inspiring radiance will diminish; : the awe-inspiring radiance of the land will....... |
| obverse 19 | If the moon reaches the moon: there will be a rebellion in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 14 | If on the 26th day there is a 'foot'-mark: deaths will occur. |
| reverse 29' | Gabbi-balassu-iqbi, chief scribe of Calah. |
| obverse 20 | If in the future a 20th year a reign of the king over the governor? ditto, over that land.... |
| reverse 11' | If the sun... stands in its position: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 15' | If a black day becomes dark and Adad grows dark and Adad... : (If) the Sun is eclipsed and the Sun is eclipsed and the Sun is eclipsed. |
| obverse 37 | If an eclipse, an eclipse and to the land of Akkad |
| obverse 29 | If his day is not long: the king will die. His god will die and his son will not seize the throne. |
| reverse 23' | the king of the city in ama he captured; he (= Enlil)... the mountain(?) as it was in the mountain(?) of Enlil. |
| obverse 27 | If a planet enters and a star : Mars : a planet will come close. |
| obverse 16 | If on the 28th day: the gods will die in the body of the land. : (If) a sow gives birth to a wild goat. |
| obverse 34 | If Mars rises in its eclipse: famine. |
| obverse 8 | If on the 15th day: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 21 | If in the beginning of a month there is a mole on the top of a month, plants will thrive; : attack of Elam. |
| obverse 22 | If in the south (means): in the south (means): there will be frost in the month. |
| obverse 17 | ... he constantly seeks out : a snake is a snake. |
| obverse 36 | If a storm storm blows on the land of Elam |
| reverse 17' | If the sun rises and its light does not exist : variant: there will be frost in his land. |
| obverse 2 | If a ewe gives birth to : a... day: there will be an eclipse in the land. |
| obverse 15 | If on the 27th day: the radiance of the land : the radiance of the land will be released : the radiance of the land will be released : :... |
| reverse 6' | If 5 halo(s) are scattered: the enemy will devastate the land. |
| reverse 24' | Who knows how to live, who knows how to live, |
| obverse 38 | ... 36?... |
| reverse 10' | If an anomaly - the land will be destroyed - may a strong enemy destroy it. |
| reverse 5' | If the sun is surrounded by a halo of the sky: rain will diminish. |
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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