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ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 78 (P395231)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Ishtar 78 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395231 |
| 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 col 4 8 | It is bright... |
| obverse col 2 7' | If the Great One, son of the vizier Mullissu, approaches the Lion: the king. |
| obverse col 1 8' | If there is a mole on the left side of ulpa’e: that year will be good. |
| reverse col 4 3 | (If) the head of Jupiter becomes visible with the Yoke Constellation and its horns overwhelm the people. |
| obverse col 2 14' | If the Bristle reaches the Pleiades: in that year the field will diminish. |
| reverse col 3 6 | ... not harvest(?) to the land |
| reverse col 4 4 | If the Lion reaches its stars.... |
| obverse col 2 13' | If ditto reaches the Fish: in that year there will be barley. |
| obverse col 1 5' | ...... to the well-being of the king and his troops... |
| obverse col 1 7' | If a man stands in front of ulpa'e: there will be hunger in the land. |
| reverse col 3 3 | If a planet and Mars return and stand there: attack of Elam. |
| obverse col 2 5' | (If) he eats the harvest of a foreign land, Adad.... |
| obverse col 1 10' | in that year, at the end of the year, the king will die. |
| obverse col 2 6' | The arru... to heaven(?) |
| obverse col 2 12' | If the Bristle reaches the Yoke: in that year the field will diminish. |
| obverse col 1 13' | If Jupiter approaches the King's Star: in that year the king of Akkad will die and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse col 1 3' | ......... |
| reverse col 4 6 | If Jupiter... with the guardian... |
| obverse col 2 9' | The bird... to the star |
| reverse col 3 7 | ..., son of the king, who was residing in the city of ZAG.MU |
| reverse col 4 14 | ... the head of the star |
| reverse col 4 7 | If Jupiter... for a long time |
| reverse col 4 10 | If ditto in front of the Bow |
| reverse col 3 1 | If a planet comes close to its side: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse col 1 17' | In the harvest, there will be a severe severe illness in the evening; there will be severe severe illness in the land. |
| reverse col 4 1 | If Jupiter and the Yoke stand there: in that year the gods will eat. |
| obverse col 2 16' | If the Eagle reaches the path of the Sun: the king will diminish. |
| obverse col 1 14' | If a planet approaches ulpae: a reign of long days. |
| reverse col 4 9 | If ditto in Taritu (VII) to the ir'u(?) |
| obverse col 1 9' | If Eturame, vizier of Anunitu, approaches U.PA. |
| obverse col 1 18' | ... Jupiter smote, there were deaths in the land. |
| reverse col 3 5 | ..... |
| obverse col 2 8' | Alala is favourable: death of akkan and Sin. |
| reverse col 4 5 | If the King gives birth to barley: the king of Akkad will make a rebellion. |
| reverse col 4 11 | If ditto to the rear of the Bow |
| obverse col 2 17' | If the KADU8-star... on the right: the Stag will become angry; there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse col 1 1' | If the star... |
| obverse col 1 12' | If Mars approaches Jupiter: there will be a severe famine in the year. |
| obverse col 1 2' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 12 | If ditto a planet... to the surface of the Bow... |
| reverse col 4 13 | If ditto... on the right side of the Bow.... |
| obverse col 1 15' | Erra devours the land. The water of the land will devastate. |
| obverse col 2 15' | If the Shepherd of Anu eats the Bristle |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... the weapons of the land Amurru(?) are placed over the weapons of the land Akkad |
| obverse col 1 6' | (If) Nergal rises with Marduk and stands there: |
| obverse col 2 10' | If a planet approaches the field: in Subartu.... |
| obverse col 2 4' | the harvest...... |
| reverse col 3 8 | ...... |
| obverse col 2 11' | (If) on account of you, the Wagon to the sky is black, an eclipse... |
| obverse col 1 11' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Lummun: a reign of famine. |
| obverse col 1 4' | The king... his evils. |
| obverse col 2 2' | The... star |
| reverse col 4 2 | The land will be plundered and the dust piles in the land will be scattered. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ......... |
| reverse col 3 4 | ... sesame will be good. |
| reverse col 3 2 | If a planet is red in its body: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse col 1 16' | May arru send grievous messages to the king. |
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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