ZA 019, 380-381 (P395381)
CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology > Inbu bēl arḫi, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 019, 380-381 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395381 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology > Inbu bēl arḫi |
| 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) |
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| col 3 34 | (If) he is a good woman |
| col 2 34' | He does not know where the case is. |
| col 3 46 | ... his exalted gods,... |
| col 1 40' | He strews a ritual assemblage, strews a ritual assemblage, his hand is seen by a god. |
| col 2 22' | to Nabu and Tashmetu, the king, his offering he established. |
| col 3 4 | If on the 23rd day: festival of ama and Adad. |
| col 2 32' | He should not return his garment to its place. There will be no rejoicing. |
| col 3 5 | He enters his wife's house and enters the king's food offering. |
| col 1 18' | If on the 14th day of Adad (and) Mullissu: the barley of the king will increase. |
| col 3 15 | To Itar of Babylon in front of the King’s Star. |
| col 2 15' | May the king speak; may he be angry. |
| col 2 38' | If on the 20th day.... |
| col 2 35' | The haruspex shall not make a claim. He shall not return the money tenfold to its owner. |
| col 4 1 | If in Simanu (Month III) the king's reign will become new: his palace. |
| col 2 12' | (If) in front of........., to Enmearra and Gula... |
| col 3 26 | Orion, shepherd of the great people, flesh that is present in the extispicy. |
| col 1 34' | (If) he is seized by an arrow: he will return (it) to Anu. |
| col 4 10 | If in Simanu (Month III) the king goes out to Adad: his god will increase his barley. |
| col 4 23 | If in Simanu (Month III) he sees a sagulaza-demon: he will not become satisfied. |
| col 2 37' | You take a ritual assemblage. In the morning for Gula |
| col 4 17 | If in Sivan (III) the king.... |
| col 1 36' | Gula, the chief of the offerings, provides for the offering. |
| col 1 17' | The king... in the morning and... |
| col 1 35' | If on the4.9th day of Ninurta andgula the day of the barley before Ninurta |
| col 1 41' | If on the 11th day: there will be famine of Tashmetu and Arpanitu. |
| col 2 36' | The king gave his offerings to Ninurta (and) Gula. |
| col 2 10' | The king, his food offerings to ama, Belet-eri, |
| col 3 43 | He raises his hand with the god. |
| col 1 5' | Its ritual: you place it to his god... |
| col 2 18' | To Marduk, Enlil, Sin and Gula are placed and not of the tree(?) |
| col 2 39' | ...... |
| col 4 12 | If in Simanu (Month III) a king gives birth to a wife: it will be good. |
| col 1 29' | You libate a libation bowl...... |
| col 3 11 | he presented it to Bel-ekalli and Nin-ekalli. He presented the offering. |
| col 3 27 | You do not eat bread, you do not eat a garment, you do not return it to its place. |
| col 3 49 | Give it to a god or an akitu-prayer to a god. |
| col 1 26' | He does not know where the verdict of a haruspex is to be made. |
| col 1 4' | He places the 'weapon'-mark of the moon to the moon. He places the 'weapon'-mark and raises his hand with the god. |
| col 2 24' | He is devoted to Marduk, Papsukkal, his god. |
| col 2 6' | May Anu and Ishtar establish a favorable destiny. |
| col 1 9' | to...... |
| col 1 19' | (If) he afflicts him: he will die in the evening, in front of the enemy. |
| col 3 25 | If the 8th day of Ea (is) the day of Nergal: he will not raise barley. |
| col 2 17' | May he prostrate himself before Marduk, Enlil, Sin and Gula! |
| col 3 2 | The king gave his offerings to ama (and) Blet-er. He gave sacrifices. |
| col 3 33 | You take a libation bowl. The igu-offering is performed. |
| col 1 33' | (and) his food offering he gave. May he prostrate himself before Anu. |
| col 2 45' | The king of the chariot has not been able to cross over. |
| col 4 5 | If in Simanu (Month III), on the 20th day the king eats bread to the sun: the king will die. |
| col 3 1 | If on the 22nd day: there will be a recitation of the moon and the 2nd festival of Nin-ekalli. |
| col 1 2' | That king |
| col 3 23 | If on the 27th day.... |
| col 2 1' | ... they do not take care of. |
| col 2 29' | If he eats in a libation bowl of salt, he eats... and.... |
| col 1 15' | The king gave his food offering, and he offered a sacrifice. |
| col 4 9 | The king will have the usufruct of that temple or temple. |
| col 1 39' | (If) in front of the Wagon, the Old Man, (and) the Great Oval: the king will give his food. |
| col 2 4' | He should not raise a hand against a illness. |
| col 3 36 | they will divide. The day will bring out the barley of the king. |
| col 3 17 | He should not drink water from the water, he will not be saved. |
| col 1 10' | If on the fourth day he sees a dream: Nabu and Marduk will die. |
| col 2 5' | (If) he does not pay attention to the ritual assemblage (or) the king, when he is black, for Ninlil and Nergal |
| col 2 13' | His hand is greeted with a god; his heart is happy. |
| col 2 49' | You place... to ama and Blet-er and you see it. |
| col 2 30' | If on the 19th day he is ill for Gula: he will not grow. |
| col 1 27' | He should not raise a hand against a sick person, he should not go up to the throne. |
| col 2 2' | The king of the chariot has not ceased there, nor has he ceased there. |
| col 2 27' | You libate a libation bowl of beer; you recite the incantation 'hand' of a god. |
| col 4 20 | If in Simanu (Month III) his intestines eat him: |
| col 4 22 | If in Simanu (Month III) the horns of the colon are not good. |
| col 1 12' | He places a ritual assemblage in his hand, his hand is seen with the god. |
| col 1 42' | The day of the barley is favourable; when the month is full of rejoicing, there will be rejoicing. |
| col 3 19 | May the king say good things about me. |
| col 3 48 | If in Simanu (Month III), the king or the temple of a god or the throne of the land |
| col 1 21' | ... the king will have peace. |
| col 1 8' | He raises his hand with the god. |
| col 1 6' | If on the third day the night of Marduk and Zarpanitu is not occupied |
| col 1 30' | May he prostrate himself against Itar of his city. May he prostrate himself before the god of his city and Itar of his city. |
| col 3 13 | On the 25th day: the adahu of Enlil and Itar of Babylon. |
| col 3 24 | ......... |
| col 4 11 | If in Sivan (III) the king gives bread, the king will be satisfied. |
| col 1 23' | Orion, shepherd of the great people, flesh that is present in the scribal art. |
| col 1 7' | (If) he is dressed in a black garment before Marduk and Itar: the king will make his offering. |
| col 4 15 | Its temple is an abomination |
| col 3 35 | If on the 29th day: the day of the Igigi and the Anunna gods. |
| col 3 22 | You take a ritual assemblage. You recite its incantation with the god. |
| col 1 31' | If on the day of the eeu-festival of Nabu, the day of the barley in the evening: shepherd of the great people. |
| col 2 21' | If on the 17th day: the decision of Nabu and Marduk. |
| col 2 7' | He (the god) will listen to his prayers with the god, Anu and Itar. |
| col 1 16' | May he bless Enlil and the day |
| col 4 13 | If in Sivan (III) the king's wife enters his house: he will become happy. |
| col 4 8 | If in Simanu (Month III) a king or a messenger or a messenger or... |
| col 2 43' | The flesh which is strewn in a ritual assemblage, or if he eats bread, |
| col 3 39 | In that month...... |
| col 4 24 | If in Simanu (Month III) a king makes a libation of wine: he will not become satisfied. |
| col 3 3 | He raises his hand with the god. |
| col 1 20' | (If) a king gives his food, he will take the food rations. |
| col 3 7 | He raises his hand with the god. |
| col 3 20 | The igu'u-demon.... |
| col 1 38' | The 10th day of Ekur (is) the day when the barley is black. |
| col 1 43' | (If) the king is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments: he will reach the moon's end. |
| col 4 6 | If in Simanu (Month III) either the king or the throne... |
| col 3 9 | If on the 24th day: famine for Bel-ekalli, Nin-ekalli. |
| col 4 25 | If in Simanu (Month III) from the 1st to the 30th day the rites are performed in the morning, in the morning. |
| col 4 3 | In the month Simanu (III), the king will make his libation for his god. |
| col 3 10 | The payment of barley and silver is paid completely. The gods, the king, his food offerings |
| col 4 7 | or a throne of 3 lines, or a mud wall, |
| col 3 50 | You set up a censer and a temple for his god. |
| col 3 18 | If on the 26th day: brick of Ea. |
| col 3 16 | He holds the niqû-offering, he raises his hand, he is the god of the apsû. |
| col 1 24' | He should not eat bread; he should not eat a garment on his forehead; he should not return. |
| col 3 41 | If on the 30th day of Anu Enlil: he will not raise barley. |
| col 1 25' | The king should not take a chariot or a wagon. |
| col 1 32' | he brought his hand to a sacrifice. For Nabu, Tashmetu |
| col 2 23' | May Papsukkal give to Marduk and Papsukkal a life of long days. |
| col 2 44' | Its limbs and limbs are not trimmed?. |
| col 2 26' | To ama, Blet-er, he presented it (this statuette). |
| col 2 33' | The king should not take a chariot, the king should not be negligent. |
| col 3 6 | (and) gives (it) to ama and Adad. |
| col 3 37 | May he make his... manifest... to the 30th? of the great gods. |
| col 1 3' | If the day of Itar reaches the barley of the king: for ama, Belet-eri. |
| col 2 46' | Where a claim should arise, the haruspex shall not make a claim. He shall not raise a claim against a sick person. |
| col 2 41' | ... he did not dwell. |
| col 3 28 | It is not a year of dispelling, it is not a year of dispelling. |
| col 2 31' | ... the... of the great people... |
| col 3 38 | You take a ritual assemblage............ |
| col 4 18 | If in Sivan (III) the king.... |
| col 1 22' | If on the 7th day: the meal of Marduk and Zarpanitu. |
| col 3 21 | The king gave his offerings to Ea. |
| col 3 32 | He is the vizier of his offerings to Ea, the great god. |
| col 2 40' | ... may he prostrate himself to ama(?) |
| col 3 31 | He should not raise a hand against a sick person, he should not go back to the house. |
| col 3 51 | He hears the praise of the king of the land of the gods. |
| col 2 8' | If on the 15th day of Nineana: he will build the property of the moon. |
| col 1 11' | He shall pay the barley and silver in a black fashion before Nabu (and) Tashmetu, the king. |
| col 1 45' | If on the 12th day he gives the bread of Enlil and Ninlil. |
| col 3 14 | (If) on a day that is not barley, the qarû-offering of the gods in the night to Enlil before Pabilsag |
| col 4 26 | ... Ninurta |
| col 3 45 | If in Simanu (Month III), on the 1st day until the 30th day. |
| col 2 19' | May he stand before. |
| col 1 48' | Sîn and Itar... |
| col 1 46' | He gave (it) to Enlil and Ninlil, and gave (it) as a gift. |
| col 2 11' | (and) give (it) to Enmearra. May Gula speak (this). |
| col 3 42 | The king gave his offerings to Anu and Enlil, and he gave sacrifices. |
| col 3 29 | The king did not have a chariot, they did not hear it. |
| col 1 13' | If on the 5th day of Bel-ekur and Nin-ekur |
| col 1 28' | (If) he is dressed in a black tiara before Marduk and Itar: the king will give his food. |
| col 2 16' | and Itar, the king, gave his food offerings. He took away |
| col 1 44' | May he prostrate himself before Anu for this. |
| col 4 2 | If in Simanu (Month III), the king will take the throne. |
| col 1 47' | may he prostrate himself before Enlil. |
| col 2 42' | If on the 21st day: there will be a recitation of the moon and the sun. |
| col 2 3' | Where a claim should arise, a haruspex will not make a claim |
| col 4 19 | If in Simanu (Month III) the king... fire(?), his heart will not prosper. |
| col 3 30 | Wherever a claim is made, the haruspex does not make a claim |
| col 4 16 | If in Simanu (Month III) the king appoints a date palm in the garden. |
| col 4 21 | If in Simanu (Month III) a house is destroyed, its interior is not good. |
| col 2 25' | If on the 18th day: the harvest of the moon and sun will not prosper; the king's food offering. |
| col 3 44 | If in Simanu (Month III) of Sîn, son of Enlil |
| col 2 14' | If on the 16th day: there will be no harvest of Marduk and Zarpanitu. |
| col 3 40 | ... before him... his...... |
| col 1 37' | he will raise his barley; he will see the god. |
| col 1 14' | (If) the king does not come out for a lawsuit, it will not come out in the evening before Ashur and Mullissu. |
| col 2 9' | The day of the libation of barley is favourable. |
| col 2 20' | They continually sing: "Its heart is wailing." |
| col 4 4 | If in Sivan (III) a king is ill: that king. |
| col 2 28' | ...-plant,...-plant, fingernail |
| col 4 14 | If in Simanu (Month III) the king's abode will be built. |
| col 3 12 | He raises his hand; he is greeted by a god. |
| col 3 47 | ... a god's radiance will widen his understanding. |
| col 2 48' | The king(?), his food offering, offering, offering,... |
| col 2 47' | (If) he does not pay attention to the ritual assemblage: in the morning, for ama, Belet-eri, Sin, the great gods. |
| col 3 8 | (If) a god gives birth to his belly: he will become happy. |
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