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K 06496 (P396580)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22); CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06496 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396580 |
| 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); CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9' | The floods of the land... in the daytime in the great... |
| 25' | : the gods of the lands will devastate... |
| 13' | If the Moon is not visible on the 1st day:.... |
| 20' | If the Moon at its appearance... a land.... |
| 4' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown: on the 1st day, on the 28th day: evil for the Westland will not take place. |
| 28' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a cloudy wind:.... |
| 19' | It is surrounded by a halo, and the land will see.... |
| 10' | If the Moon becomes visible on the 10th day: there will be frost; variant: there will be rumor of an enemy. |
| 5' | If the Moon at its appearance is eclipsed on the 1st day: evil for Gutium. |
| 1' | ......... |
| 8' | If the Moon is seen on the 30th day: the enemy will come to Akkad. And he will not live. |
| 3' | If the Moon becomes visible on the seventh day: there will be famine in the sky. The sun in front of the sun.... |
| 22' | If on the 30th day, at its appearance, a land will not return to its place.... |
| 7' | In the morning, at sunset,... |
| 24' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a horn: the heavens will be scattered.... |
| 16' | If the Moon at its appearance is darkened:.... |
| 12' | If there is a mole in the Pleiades:.......... |
| 29' | If the Moon at its appearance... towards the south:.... |
| 11' | If there is a cloud in the sky, there will be frost in the land.... |
| 31' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown:... |
| 6' | The king enters the qalû-priestess and their men who are not against them are seated. |
| 14' | If the Moon's horns in the east.... |
| 18' | If the Moon, at its appearance, its dream....... |
| 30' | If the Moon at its appearance is located on the north side.... |
| 23' | (If) an eclipse takes place and the king.... |
| 21' | If an eclipse takes place and the king... |
| 17' | (If) an eclipse takes place and ama becomes visible and... |
| 2' | If the Moon at its appearance wears a crown: the4.1th day, the 24th day. |
| 27' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a cloudy halo, unceasing.... |
| 15' | If the Moon at its appearance is white:.... |
| 26' | When he sees him, he....... |
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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