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K 06589 (P396660)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396660 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 25' | ...... |
| 11' | ... in Sin and Marduk |
| 9' | ... the harvest in that year will increase; its stars will be scattered. |
| 5' | If the Old Man's feet are...: the king... from the chariot. |
| 10' | If the Old Man reaches the Field: the king's rites will approach him. |
| 15' | ... star(s) smote, death, fates, and his bodies were smashed. |
| 16' | ... is located: there will be famine and hunger. |
| 21' | It is the Idiqlat canal |
| 4' | ... on/on(?) your behalf(?) I did not see(?) the wall, the wall, the wall, the wall of the Shepherd of Anu |
| 2' | If the Old Man................................................ |
| 12' | ... his place. |
| 24' | ... of the Euphrates |
| 3' | ... a star is located in the land: a star... |
| 17' | ... Nusku |
| 19' | If the stars of the Crab - its eyes are dark: there will be abundance in the land. |
| 1' | ...... |
| 7' | ... Marduk, son of An |
| 22' | ... and he will die. |
| 14' | The King, the bird, Nusku, the Great Oval, Nusku |
| 20' | ... after the Euphrates |
| 6' | If the Bow reaches its left horn: the palace will become a king. |
| 13' | ... the shepherd ama |
| 18' | If the Cancer Constellation stands in front of the moon: the land will become happy. |
| 23' | It is the... of the Euphrates. |
| 8' | If the Old Man star... the stars(?) |
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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