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K 06492 (P396576)
CANONICAL > Technical > Astronomy > Giskim Texts (MUL.APIN 3?), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06492 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396576 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Astronomy > Giskim Texts (MUL.APIN 3?) |
| 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 5' | At that time, a man... towards the sky |
| obverse col 2 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 7' | ...... the day 1/4... |
| obverse col 2 4' | ... from above... |
| obverse col 2 10' | ......... |
| reverse col 3 3' | enters and stands there. |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... month IX, eponym year of.... |
| obverse col 2 3' | ............ |
| reverse col 3 11' | in the midst of the heavens, |
| reverse col 3 2' | (If) a star is located from Anzuzu: he will reach the king's heart. |
| obverse col 2 6' | ... who does not... |
| reverse col 3 12' | ......... |
| reverse col 3 5' | a star from its position or from the middle watch |
| reverse col 3 4' | This is the wording of a favorable decision. |
| obverse col 2 2' | ... arhu(?) |
| reverse col 3 10' | These are the instructions that he gives you. |
| reverse col 3 1' | This is the sign of the takkru-demon. |
| reverse col 3 8' | he did not abandon him, he did not abandon him. |
| reverse col 3 6' | or from the morning watch a star rises and comes out. |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... stands in its position. |
| obverse col 2 9' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 7' | (If) he is surrounded by a yellow-green ebony and he does not have mercy on him: all black ones. |
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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