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3R 56, 6 (P395224)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 3R 56, 6 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395224 |
| 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 2' | ......, |
| obverse 24' | If on the 19th day: Babu.... |
| obverse 2' | If on the 9th day: he will not come out. |
| obverse 9' | If the Moon reaches the man: |
| obverse 26' | ... his house... |
| obverse 8' | If the day reaches its normal length: may he bless the moon. |
| obverse 5' | that man like ama |
| obverse 10' | If on the 14th day he does not receive his penalty for the moon and the sun: |
| obverse 16' | ... silver, but he will not come out to his woman. |
| obverse 11' | May he say my prayers, but he will not say: |
| obverse 17' | If on the 6th day the moon and sun are in opposition: the moon and sun will become stable. |
| obverse 27' | If on the 20th day he places his throne 3 and 20... |
| reverse 1' | ... supplication |
| reverse 3' | ... supplication |
| obverse 18' | ... he will acquire. |
| obverse 21' | If on the 18th day he sees a fish and a bird. |
| obverse 6' | If on the 12th day the moon and sun are in opposition:.... |
| obverse 23' | a revocation of his house... |
| reverse 5' | ...-di |
| obverse 3' | If on the 10th day: he will not go out and go out. |
| obverse 1' | The'strength' of the right and left is split. |
| reverse 6' | his |
| obverse 13' | If on the 15th day the Moon and sun are in opposition: the Moon and sun are in opposition. |
| obverse 20' | Ningal seizes his father to the moon. |
| obverse 19' | If on the 17th day: he will make his name for 30 and Ningal. |
| obverse 12' | (If) the moon and sun are in opposition to Anu |
| obverse 22' | ... the donkey stallions(?) of Nergal... as much as... he created |
| obverse 25' | ....... |
| obverse 15' | On that day, the day he enters the sun. |
| obverse 7' | (If) an eclipse takes place and the evil of a house... |
| obverse 14' | May he not receive his penalty; may he not say a word about it. |
| obverse 4' | If on the 11th day the Moon and sun are in opposition:.... |
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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