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K 05652 (P396064)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05652 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396064 |
| 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 > Sîn (EAE 1–22) |
| 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 col 2 10 | If the Moon ditto stands at its left horn: in Akkad there will be famine. |
| obverse col 1 5 | If the Moon ditto (and) its horns are pointed and its horns are pointed with them (means): report. |
| obverse col 2 11 | If the Moon, at its appearance, the Arrow stands inside it: the kings of the land will make a rebellion.... |
| obverse col 2 29 | If the Moon a planet in |
| obverse col 2 3 | If the Moon stands in its midst.... |
| reverse 8' | ... 30/20?... |
| reverse 14' | ... |
| obverse col 1 6 | In that year, in the evening, there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| obverse col 1 21 | If the Moon at its horn is 1: a star stands there: a servant (is) a servant of his lord. The troops of the enemy will be killed. |
| reverse 10' | (If) he sees a man(?) |
| obverse col 1 1 | If the Moon at its appearance is faint and its horns are dark: rain in that month in the land. |
| obverse col 1 2 | If the Moon at its appearance wears a tail: alternatively, there will be frost. |
| obverse col 1 10 | If the Moon is dark, ditto: his horns and horns will become poor. |
| obverse col 1 34' | If the 3rd (and) 1st, a black star stands in its left horn and a star... with them. |
| obverse col 2 13 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo: enemy attack. |
| obverse col 2 28 | If the Moon... |
| obverse col 2 27 | If the Moon... |
| reverse 4' | ... eyewitness... |
| obverse col 2 6 | If the Moon reaches the horns of UD.TAR: |
| obverse col 1 35' | (If) after it: death of king of Akkad... |
| obverse col 1 36' | ... e/ZI ritual |
| obverse col 1 33' | (If) it is covered after it: ditto: the king of the Westland... ditto. |
| obverse col 1 24 | If the Moon (and) 2 stars stand on its right horn: an eclipse will take place and a fall of the king of the Westland and his land. : If the Moon (and) 2 stars stand on its left horn: the king of Akkad and his land. |
| obverse col 2 14 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo: its horns will stand in the city of its wall. Its owner will demolish it. |
| obverse col 2 24 | If the Moon stands in front of the Scorpion: the land will become confused. : If the Moon, the Scorpion (...) like a lunar halo in that year: attack of the troops.... |
| obverse col 1 19 | If the Moon is surrounded by a star: its right horn stands. |
| obverse col 1 7 | If the Moon ditto is dark: there will be frost and famine in the land of Amurru. |
| obverse col 2 26 | If the Moon a planet... |
| obverse col 2 12 | If the Moon and the Arrow stand in its horns: the kings of the land will make an enemy attack. |
| reverse 16' | I wrote to the scholars and scholars for the reading of the text. |
| obverse col 1 18 | If the Moon's horns are red: the star ditto: the third year of Guti will devour. |
| obverse col 2 31 | If the Moon... |
| obverse col 2 9 | If the Moon ditto stands in its right horn: there will be death in the land of Amurru. |
| obverse col 1 29 | If the Moon at its left horn stands in front of the Moon: a star stands in front of its horns. |
| reverse 17' | ... to be praised, and to be praised. |
| reverse 15' | [Tablet...] |
| obverse col 2 4 | If the Moon... stands in its right horn: in that year.... |
| obverse col 1 8 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, alternatively, a horn and a horn are in the land of Akkad. |
| obverse col 1 20 | If the Moon is surrounded by a star at its left horn: an eclipse of the king of Akkad. |
| obverse col 1 22 | If the Moon at its horn stands a great star: a servant will die. : If the Moon is 1: a great star stands on its horns. |
| obverse col 2 19 | If the Moon, the Scorpion, in its midst ditto, stands in it: in that year, fever,.... |
| obverse col 2 17 | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a Scorpion: lions will attack and enemy troops. |
| obverse col 1 9 | If the Moon is dark, ditto: there will be famine and famine. |
| obverse col 1 27 | If the Moon at its appearance a star stands between its right and left horns and stands there: the king of Akkad will seize this land. |
| reverse 11' | will take place.... |
| obverse col 2 23 | ... and the king will become hostile. Ditto. |
| obverse col 1 14 | If the Moon stands 1 star in its left horn: an eclipse of the king of the Westland. |
| obverse col 1 16 | The third (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), the enemy in battle and battle |
| obverse col 1 11 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and it stands and its horns are bent: in that month the river level will become stable. |
| obverse col 1 15 | If the Moon's right horn is long and the star stands in its left horn. |
| obverse col 2 16 | If the Moon’s horn stands in front of it: the king of Akkad and the king of Amurru will make no changes. |
| obverse col 2 30 | If the Moon at its appearance....... |
| reverse 3' | If the Moon.... |
| obverse col 1 28 | (and) the king of Akkad, his servants, will kill him. |
| obverse col 2 7 | If the Moon at its appearance stands in the Pleiades: death will occur. |
| obverse col 1 4 | If the Moon at its appearance is dark, alternatively, its horns and horns are covered in rain. |
| reverse 1' | If the Moon... |
| reverse 12' | ..... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 2 | If the Moon at its appearance.... |
| obverse col 2 15 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, its right horn stands in front of it: the king of Elam will kill his servants. |
| obverse col 2 25 | If the Moon at its appearance(?) |
| obverse col 2 8 | If the Moon - the Pleiades in its horns ditto: he will die. |
| obverse col 1 3 | If the Moon at its appearance and its horns are bent: in that month, the equivalent for the land will be: barley will diminish. |
| reverse 13' | (If) he sees a ghost: an eclipse.... |
| obverse col 1 32' | If the Moon is black: a star stands on its right horn and... with them. |
| reverse 5' | Diary... |
| reverse 6' | [Important:...] |
| obverse col 1 25 | If the Moon (and) two stars stand on its horn: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse col 1 12 | Month XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: nn°. |
| obverse col 1 13 | Month XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), (the moon) stood at its appearance. The moon stood at its right horn. |
| obverse col 1 17 | If the Moon stands 30 fingers at its left horn and 1 star stands at its left horn: year 3 of Akkad and the Westland. |
| obverse col 1 23 | If the moon is surrounded by a star: there will be an eclipse and there will be deaths. |
| obverse col 2 5 | If the Moon stands in its left horn: in that year.... |
| obverse col 1 30' | (If) it stands on its right and left horn: an eclipse of the king of Ur. |
| reverse 9' | troops...... |
| obverse col 1 31' | If the Moon at its right horn is 1 red star at its left horn: the king of the Westland(?) will die. |
| obverse col 1 26 | If the Moon... years in the middle of its horns, ditto, in the middle of its horns: fate.... |
| reverse 7' | they will become confused.... |
| obverse col 2 18 | If the Moon, Scorpius ditto, the attack of the Scorpion stands in it: the flood will come and floods will come. |
| obverse col 2 20 | (If)... eats... ditto: sesame, sesame, date palms will be seized. |
| reverse 18' | ... truth, but you do not know....... |
| obverse col 2 21 | If the Moon - the Scorpion stands in its right horn: in that year locusts will attack and the harvest of the land will eat. |
| obverse col 2 22 | If the Moon reaches the Scorpion: its left horn stands in that year: locusts will attack, variant: date palms; the harvest of the land will prosper. |
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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