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ACh Suppl. 2 Shamash 40 (P395362)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Shamash 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395362 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8 | If the sun rises in the decision of the Anunnaki: in....... |
| reverse 11' | ...... is surrounded by a lunar halo and ditto: from an eclipse it is surrounded by a lunar halo. |
| obverse 1 | If the 2nd, in the decision of the Anunnaki, it rains and there are large daises: Zibanitu will be surrounded by a yellow-green halo. |
| reverse 21' | ...... |
| obverse 24 | ... of the troops,..., |
| reverse 16' | ... an eclipse takes place: Adad thunders. |
| obverse 21 | If the sun rises and Mars sets: in.... |
| reverse 7' | If a day is dark and the moon is dark: the king will conquer. A man will devastate a man in....... |
| obverse 9 | If the sun rises and its path.... |
| obverse 22 | If the sun rises and the floods in the |
| reverse 3' | in the middle of the sky...... |
| reverse 2' | Month XII, 20th day, in the house of... |
| obverse 20 | If the moon and sun are in balance:...... the eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 1' | Zibanitu(?) |
| reverse 20' | ... |
| obverse 16 | If the sun is dark: the king of Akkad will die. |
| reverse 8' | If the day is dark and the sun is dark: Enlil will eat food in the land. |
| obverse 23 | ... the great gods came to their assembly and |
| obverse 3 | the king of the distant lands, the sakkult of the enemy which is not handiwork, and all the lands and lands... |
| obverse 14 | If the sun rises in the middle of the sky and Ninurta stands in front of it: thriving plants. |
| reverse 10' | ... will not be placed. Ditto. |
| obverse 10 | If the sun reaches its path and follows it: the king of Akkad will overthrow his land and.... |
| obverse 12 | (If) the day reaches its normal length and... ama in the middle of the sky.... |
| obverse 5 | You set up an eclipse in Addaru (XII) and one one... |
| reverse 17' | (If) on the day of... Adad he is stricken: Duuzu, Abu, and Nisannu |
| obverse 15 | The Scales rises in the middle of the 'finger' and Ninurta stands in front of it. |
| obverse 7 | The sun is eclipsed and...... |
| obverse 19 | If the Moon: ama, the Anunnaki. |
| reverse 15' | ... from the eclipse are set |
| reverse 14' | ... UD.DA, Abu, and Ululu |
| obverse 25 | ... there is a strong battle in the evening. |
| reverse 24' | Ilum- |
| obverse 2 | (If) Enlil reaches the mountain, the lands will emerge and the king(?) will conquer |
| reverse 22' | ... the star(?)..., Mars(?) |
| obverse 6 | If the sun rises in the decision of the Anunnaki.... |
| reverse 6' | If the day reaches its normal length: the king will die of Adad in Nisannu (I). |
| reverse 13' | You put... a taritu-prayer in the street of its small halo. |
| reverse 4' | ... appears in an eclipse and... there will be famine. |
| obverse 17 | If the sun rises from the horizon to the moon: the house... the moon and the sun.... |
| obverse 4 | On the 28th of Sivan (III) the second (time) of Ullu (XI) the second (time) of Kislimu |
| reverse 9' | If the day is not good, evil will be established in Elam. |
| obverse 26 | ... and the land, evil, an eclipse(?) |
| obverse 11 | With the houses of the lord, with the lord, the houses which... |
| reverse 12' | ... sends (him) to the west, he carries (him) away, (he will)... the field, the enemy will... the land. |
| reverse 5' | (If) in its eclipse, the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and the halo is not to be brought to an end(?) |
| obverse 13 | If the sun is covered in a... house : in the midst of... and... the house.... |
| reverse 19' | ... black/black(?) |
| reverse 23' | It is the 5th day(?) |
| obverse 18 | On the 14th day of Ululu... the moon will place an eclipse. |
| reverse 18' | If in..., Abu and Ululu (Month VI) |
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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