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K 06578 (P396650)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Šamaš (EAE 23–35), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06578 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396650 |
| 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 > Šamaš (EAE 23–35) |
| 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 1' | ... its right is red: that year, it is favourable... |
| obverse 21' | (If) he is surrounded by a mountain: ditto.... |
| obverse 20' | If the sun rises and becomes visible and its light is bright: there will be.... |
| reverse 4' | ... abalatu and aggaatu in the land |
| obverse 17' | If the sun rises and is yellow-green: the king will not dwell in the land. |
| obverse 18' | If the sun rises and is cold: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | If in Nisannu (I) the land will die, there will be famine in the land; the shepherds will not eat; Adad will eat in the land. |
| reverse 2' | ... its left is red: that year, it was favourable... |
| obverse 24' | If in Addaru (XII) the king takes away his day like fire... |
| obverse 22' | If the sun becomes visible and its light is dark:.... |
| obverse 12' | (If) in the daytime the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and it rises to the south: in the morning, on day 9, the king will make a solar eclipse. |
| obverse 11' | If the sun appears in the sky and is white: alternatively, its light is bright........ |
| obverse 16' | If the sun sets and its day is dark: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 6' | If the sun rises and...: the king's land.... |
| obverse 1' | If the sun rises and the day is dark: he will be sated and he will recover. |
| obverse 4' | If the sun rises and it does not exist: after it, the land will diminish.... |
| obverse 3' | If the sun rises and... does not exist: barley... |
| reverse 5' | ... I cut off... and... the weapon. |
| reverse 8' | [Month...,...th day, eponym year of] Anu, Enlil. |
| obverse 13' | If the sun appears in the sky and its light is surrounded by a halo and a halo: an eclipse.... |
| obverse 23' | If the sun rises and its light is very bright: that of the king(?)... |
| obverse 10' | If the sun rises and its light is yellow: the king of that land....... |
| obverse 2' | If the sun rises and its light...: the king?.... |
| obverse 9' | If the sun rises and the day is red like fire: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 14' | If the sun becomes visible on the day of disappearance of the moon and its light is bright: there will be famine in it. |
| obverse 25' | ......... |
| obverse 19' | If the sun rises and the day is covered like a fire: the king will make a terror in the land. |
| obverse 15' | If the sun is surrounded by a cloudy day: there will be famine and famine in his land. |
| reverse 3' | ... like fog, rain... |
| obverse 8' | If the sun rises and the day is dark: in the land....... |
| reverse 6' | ... there was fog in that year, rain... |
| obverse 7' | If the sun rises and the day is long: that month.... |
| obverse 5' | If his day is darkened: ditto he will be released.... |
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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