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ACh Suppl. Ishtar 50 (Rm 2, 114) (P396110)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 50 (Rm 2, 114) |
|---|---|
| ID | P396110 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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 13 | If...... Erra dies |
| obverse 11' | If the Erua star reaches the Pleiades: Adad. |
| reverse 8 | The Lion... ulpae rises |
| reverse 12 | If a man... Ea....... |
| obverse 6' | (If) the Bristle rises and the sheepfold reaches the sun: the lord will devastate Adad. |
| obverse 4' | ... Mars and Saturn... |
| obverse 10' | If the Bristle approaches the Bristle: talent, date palms will diminish. Mars, Mercury will rise and: to the Furrow. |
| obverse 18' | If the Bow reaches the Eagle: sesame will be good. Mars approaches the Furrow. |
| obverse 8' | If the Bristle rises: Adad will devastate, Zappa and Mars. |
| obverse 12' | If the Erua reaches the Crab: its sesame will be good. |
| obverse 3' | ... to Mars... |
| reverse 3 | If the Pleiades.... Mercury rises and |
| reverse 1 | If a man... Mars approaches and |
| obverse 13' | If the Pleiades eat the Pleiades: the Seven will devour Saturn and Zappa. |
| obverse 21' | If the Kidney Star reaches the path of ama: the enemy will diminish. |
| reverse 14 | ...... |
| reverse 7 | If the... star.... |
| reverse 15 | ... stand(?) |
| obverse 17' | If the king approaches the Assyrian: the sea will be seized and its land will be destroyed. Mars... to the Scorpius or to Anunitu. |
| obverse 7' | If a planet rises (and) Zappa dies |
| obverse 19' | If the Bow reaches ulpa’e: the land of Elam will eat good bread. |
| reverse 4 | If the Well-being...... a planet rises and |
| reverse 11 | If a snake eats a fish for a star... rains... |
| obverse 9' | If the Pleiades approach the Field: Adad will devastate. Mercury will devastate the Zappa. |
| reverse 9 | ... the Lion, the... star... to the enemy land |
| obverse 14' | If the Scorpion reaches the Pleiades: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 2 | If the Kidney Star... a star |
| obverse 15' | If a pigeon approaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate, Mars. |
| obverse 2' | ... Mars rises and |
| obverse 5' | If the Pleiades (and) Marduk rise in that year: |
| obverse 22' | If the Kidney Star approaches ulpae: there will be hunger. |
| reverse 6 | ....... |
| reverse 10 | If a eagle reaches the sun:... a planet rises. |
| reverse 5 | If the Bristle..., the Bristle |
| obverse 20' | If the Bow reaches the Arrow: the harvest will prosper; business will be stable. |
| obverse 16' | If the Old Man star approaches the Pleiades: the land will be scattered. |
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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