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K 05915 + K 12355 (P396256)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05915 + K 12355 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396256 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' 8' | ... Subartu ditto. |
| col 2' 3' | In that year, there will be an enemy attack and he will die. |
| col 1' 2' | ... |
| col 1' 7' | ... there will be hostilities. |
| col 2' 14' | If in Nisannu (Month I), there will be a severe illness in the land. The king... |
| col 1' 10' | ...... |
| col 2' 2' | (and) his place |
| col 2' 9' | : a curse... |
| col 2' 13' | If the sun at its appearance... Mars(?) |
| col 2' 12' | ... to the king. Good health... |
| col 2' 17' | (means) : the life of Gti |
| col 2' 1' | If the sun is dark in Nisannu (I) on the 28th day: the king will die. |
| col 2' 10' | If from the 1st day to the 30th day it is dark:.... |
| col 2' 16' | If the sun is dark in the beginning of the year: the king will over 20 (times): he will die. |
| col 2' 18' | If on the 28th day the gods... in the body of the land.... |
| col 2' 6' | Adad, the porter of the city, the harvest..., the treasurer... |
| col 2' 5' | If on the 26th day the sun is dark: the king's reign will end. |
| col 2' 7' | (If) the harvest of the prince will increase (or): Adad... barley |
| col 1' 3' | ...... |
| col 1' 5' | ... |
| col 2' 15' | : the land which sees the evil.... |
| col 2' 11' | (If)... is dark: Venus will be seen with him. |
| col 2' 8' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) a red wind blows: the land. |
| col 1' 4' | ...... |
| col 2' 4' | to the wall : the 'hand' of the army... |
| col 1' 12' | ... |
| col 1' 11' | ...... |
| col 1' 6' | ... there will be... |
| col 1' 9' | ... Elam ditto |
| col 1' 13' | ... |
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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