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AAT pl. 02-03 (P395360)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 02-03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395360 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Sîn ina tāmartīšu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 28' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and the Scorpion stands in the middle of the halo. |
| obverse 39 | If the Moon, when it rises, is red: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 25' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo of a lunar halo: an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 33' | for his viewing and his reading |
| reverse 1' | If the Moon at its appearance is black: there will be illness in a heavy cloud. |
| reverse 11' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, variant: a lunar halo which is not closed, alternatively, a cloudburst; alternatively, it is surrounded by a halo, and alternatively, the halo is surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 16' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) on the 27th day is surrounded by a lunar halo, all day long: an eclipse will not take place. |
| reverse 31' | According to the wording of a'response', a copy of Babylon |
| obverse 28 | If the Moon is seen at an inappropriate time: attack of the city. |
| obverse 17 | If the Moon at its appearance is dark and becomes visible: the enemy will take up residence in the land. |
| obverse 2 | (If) in ama it stands in front of the moon and ditto stands in front of the moon: |
| reverse 17' | If the Moon in Tishri (VII) on the 28th day is surrounded by a lunar halo, all day long: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 21 | If the Moon is red on the 1st day and stands there: evil for the land. |
| reverse 12' | (If) on a day... is surrounded by a halo: on a day that is not set, of Duuzu, Abu, and Ululu |
| reverse 32' | Nebuchadnezzar, son of Marduk-um-iqia, the scribe. |
| obverse 30 | If the Moon, when it reaches its normal length, is not seen. |
| obverse 42 | ... as much as he brought in in the daytime. |
| obverse 46 | (If) a planet stands with the moon:. |
| reverse 21' | If the moon or sun is surrounded by a halo, and the halo is surrounded by a halo, and it is covered in rain. |
| obverse 27 | If the Moon is seen at a distance of one's time: a price of one-half of a shekel will diminish; evil of the land will occur. |
| reverse 14' | If the Moon at its appearance comes out 2 lines: a red cloud will be set on the day that an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 20 | (If) the Moon at its appearance on the 30th day is seen with the moon. |
| obverse 23 | (means) : on the 20th day the sun set; in the middle of the sky the moon set. |
| obverse 37 | If the Moon is eclipsed on the 15th day: the sun will be seen in the sky. |
| obverse 7 | If the Moon, at its appearance, is surrounded by a halo: the Pleiades will bring Enlil to the land for evil. |
| obverse 38 | If the Moon, when it rises, is surrounded by a halo of evil. |
| obverse 34 | If the Moon does not wait for the sun but sets: lions and wolves of the 14th day will not be seen with the sun. |
| obverse 4 | (If) in ama it is seen with the Sun and it sets with the Sun. (If) in ama it stands with the Sun. |
| obverse 6 | If the Moon at its appearance is eclipsed: ditto. |
| reverse 27' | (If) the sun stands in the halo of the moon: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 47 | ...... :... |
| reverse 26' | If the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo: shortage of barley and straw. |
| obverse 5 | If the Moon at its appearance is one shekel: ama will become rich; the king will become happy. |
| reverse 20' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and many stars stand in it: rain will diminish. |
| reverse 9' | If 3 halos are surrounded by a halo: loss of barley and sesame. |
| obverse 41 | If the Moon is not seen on the 22nd day: the 25th day will become visible and its appearance will be visible. In Abu on the 15th day there will be an eclipse and the land will not see it. |
| reverse 2' | If the Moon at its appearance is bright: the land Akkad will live in peace. |
| reverse 23' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, the 14th day is a halo, the 11th day is a halo, and the 28th day is favourable: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 12 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a red sky and stands there: Enlil will give his weapons to the enemy. |
| reverse 22' | If 3 ditto: that animal stall is surrounded by a rain shower. |
| reverse 19' | If the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo, and the south wind blows: Adad will devastate in the land. |
| obverse 18 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen below and appears: the enemy will take place in the land. |
| obverse 19 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 30th day and ulpae stands below it and stands there. |
| obverse 45 | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father.... |
| obverse 43 | (If) ditto (a lunar eclipse) takes place and the shakin-plant reaches its appearance:. |
| obverse 9 | (gloss: new break) is located at its appearance. |
| obverse 24 | If there is a mole on the left side of his lung: the sun will be eclipsed in the sky. |
| obverse 36 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king will be angry with his land and his people. |
| reverse 24' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and a star stands in it: not eaten. |
| reverse 6' | ... is surrounded by a halo of a rainbow and it stands in a white cloud |
| obverse 10 | If the Moon is visible on the surface of the month: the sky will be bright (or): the sky will be eclipsed. |
| obverse 3 | If the Moon at its appearance (and) in the east reaches its normal length: the king's reign will complete that year. |
| reverse 3' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a red halo: evil will be seen; an eclipse.... |
| obverse 14 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown and ditto (it) sets and stands in the middle of the sky: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 33 | The 14th day is favourable. |
| reverse 4' | If the Moon at its appearance is dark: there will be famine and famine in the land... |
| obverse 11 | ................................................... |
| obverse 29 | If the Moon, when it reaches its normal length, becomes visible and becomes visible: the city will experience peace. |
| obverse 31 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a horn: the kings of the land will conquer. |
| reverse 18' | If the Moon is surrounded by a cloudy halo: the land will expand; people will die. |
| obverse 35 | If the moon reaches the sun and sets and it stands in the east: he will come out again and again. |
| obverse 16 | If the Moon at its appearance stands in the middle of the sky: the prince will see fear. |
| reverse 30' | The 1st tablet. |
| reverse 34' | to be praised, and to be praised, |
| obverse 22 | If the Moon at its adau recites the incantation: Enlil will speak to the land and will not reach it. The 12th, the 13th, (and) the 13th day are seen with the sun. |
| obverse 25 | If the Moon is seen at an inappropriate time: business will diminish. |
| obverse 8 | That land will be destroyed. The Pleiades will take place. An eclipse will take place and the Pleiades will be scattered. |
| obverse 1 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen in the east: great gods will give the land to evil. |
| reverse 10' | If the Moon is surrounded by a rainbow: an eclipse of a rainbow will take place. |
| reverse 7' | (If) ditto there is a halo in the halo of ama(?). : (If) there is a halo of the Swallow and Anunitu. |
| reverse 29' | If the Moon at its appearance is dark: attack of his brother. |
| reverse 13' | If the Moon in Addaru (XII) is surrounded by a halo and the Shepherd stands in it. |
| reverse 15' | If the Moon, the 12th day, the 14th day of these 12 months is surrounded by a lunar halo, and the wind blows: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 26 | If the 3rd, when it is not long: an eclipse will take place and that of 6 months will not come close. |
| obverse 32 | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a horn: the flood will come. |
| obverse 15 | (means) : small ones. If he removes it, he sees it. |
| reverse 8' | If a 3rd halo is surrounded by a halo and the Scorpion stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. |
| obverse 40 | If the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo, and it is seen with the sun. |
| obverse 44 | Month XII, that month, eponym year of NN. |
| reverse 5' | If the Moon carries a river: 3 years....... |
| obverse 13 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a red sky and becomes visible: famine of the lands will take place. |
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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