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AAT pl. 77 (P395238)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Šamaš (EAE 23–35), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 77 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395238 |
| 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 > Šamaš (EAE 23–35) |
| 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 17' | If in Tishri (VII) the sun is surrounded by a halo: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 19' | If its position is dark at the left of the sun: the king of Amurru will widen his understanding in the land and his enemy will conquer. |
| obverse 3' | If on the 8th day ditto and 2 stars stand with the other:.... |
| reverse 24' | If it is surrounded by a sun disk: the city of my mistress will turn into a hostile land. |
| obverse 13' | If ditto a day ditto a day 18, ditto a day ditto a day: he will recover. |
| obverse 11' | If on the 16th day: the enemy will devastate the 20th day; the enemy will devastate the land, and the king will go out and give him to the land. |
| obverse 18' | If from the 15th day to the 20th day ditto and from the 20th day the stars stand with the sun: death in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If in the month of Pisces (Month I), the gate of ama is surrounded by a halo, there will be a strong weapon in the land. Kamadme will seize the land. |
| reverse 10' | If it is dark in front of the sun: the king of Elam will die. |
| obverse 22' | If on the 1st day: there will be hunger in the shepherdship of the king. |
| reverse 22' | If in Abi (Month XI) the sun is surrounded by a halo: the enemy will die and the land will experience peace. |
| reverse 23' | If the sun rises with it: the city will become confused, the king will die and will die. |
| reverse 30' | If its place is dark: fall of the king's reign. |
| reverse 9' | If it is surrounded by a halo on the left of the sun: evil and snake will occur in the land. |
| reverse 31' | If its place is dark: a reign of the king of Amurru. |
| reverse 5' | If it is surrounded by a halo in front of the sun: a reign of the governor and his sons; the end of the land will diminish; the land will diminish. |
| reverse 11' | If it is darkened with it: fall of the king of Guti. |
| reverse 29' | If its right side is dark: there will be evil and snakes in the land. |
| obverse 1' | If on the 14th day ditto: evil will be placed in the land and the king will die.... |
| reverse 4' | If it is surrounded by a halo on the left of the sun: there will be a famine of the land. |
| reverse 25' | If it is seen with it: fall of strong weapons. |
| reverse 28' | If it is dark on the right of the sun: the gods will devastate Akkad for evil. |
| reverse 16' | If its horns are long: fall of my land will not go well. |
| obverse 9' | ... ditto: the land will be destroyed; the king's defeat will come out and die.... |
| obverse 14' | ............ the land... with the sun stars appear; lightning flashes: evil for the princes. |
| reverse 26' | If its position is elevated behind the sun: there will be a widespread army. |
| reverse 18' | If it is surrounded by a dark spot on the right of the sun: business will diminish in the land. |
| obverse 21' | If the sun stands on the left: death will afflict the land. The king will overthrow his head. |
| obverse 15' | ...... and he sees... he will die. |
| reverse 8' | If it is surrounded by a dark spot on the right of the sun: he will pay back the barley and straw. |
| obverse 2' | .... he goes and... |
| reverse 27' | If in the month of Lullube the sun is surrounded by a halo: Erra will devour in the land. |
| obverse 20' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 8' | If on the 16th day he sees a fog: the land will become confused. The king will come out to his wife.... |
| reverse 14' | If a ewe's head is located on the left of the sun: the king of Subartu will die and he will end(?) |
| obverse 24' | You strew the throne and dwell in the land. |
| obverse 17' | ... nobles will die... |
| obverse 5' | ... the king in... |
| reverse 6' | If it is surrounded by a dark spot behind the sun: a reign of long days. |
| obverse 26' | If in Nisannu (Month I) on the... day the sun sets: the shepherds.... |
| obverse 4' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion (or) a lion (or) a lion (or) a lion (or) a lion (or) a lion: the land. |
| obverse 23' | If the day reaches normal length: the day is overcast. |
| obverse 6' | If on the 15th day there is a sick man's body: ditto it emerges and the sick man's hand will die in the land. |
| obverse 12' | If on the... day he sees a man: the land will be devastated. The king will overthrow his head. |
| obverse 19' | You wipe clean... |
| obverse 7' | (If) a sow is located in the land and flesh of a man will eat |
| reverse 13' | If it is dark on the right of the sun: the king of Enunna will die. |
| reverse 21' | If it is surrounded by a dark spot on the left: the king will become strong and seize his head and the throne. |
| reverse 3' | If it is dark on the right and the sun: the reign of the king will be long; the prince will take place in the land. |
| reverse 7' | If in irburu the sun is surrounded by a halo: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 20' | If it is surrounded by a...: the enemy will devastate the land; the lower one will devastate. |
| obverse 25' | it is favourable. There will be barley in the land. |
| obverse 10' | ... the king to his temple, where he went, |
| reverse 15' | If its right horn comes close to the front of the sun: rain? in the sky; the river level will be weakened. |
| obverse 16' | If on the 14th day, on the 10th day ditto (or) on the 27th day: there will be evil in the land. |
| reverse 2' | If in Adaru Month IX, the sun is surrounded by a halo, the flood will come. |
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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