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K 06217 (P396388)

Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 06217
IDP396388
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse col 4 10'If an eclipse ditto and the watch becomes eclipsed and the north wind blows: the king of Akkad and his land.
reverse col 4 3'(and) his land will be destroyed. The king of Elam and the people...
reverse col 4 8'If an eclipse takes place in the evening watch and the watch becomes eclipsed and it sets: the king of Elam.
reverse col 4 2'The king of the land will die.......
obverse col 1 1Month XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), and...
reverse col 3 1'...
reverse col 4 4'If an eclipse takes place in the morning watch and the owner of the man will die....
reverse col 3 3'......
reverse col 4 6'(If) ditto it disappears: the hand of an eclipse; the evil of the land will devastate the king of the Westland; his land will diminish (or):... in the crown(?)
reverse col 4 9'and Guti and their land
reverse col 4 1'If an eclipse begins in the morning watch, the lord of darkness will be worried....
reverse col 3 2'If an eclipse...
reverse col 3 4'If an eclipse...
reverse col 4 5'Its middle is dark and it is seen with the sun and it is not covered....
reverse col 4 7'If an eclipse takes place in the morning watch and it is bright:....

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