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K 06685 (P396729)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06685 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396729 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 14' | ... the head of divinity... |
| obverse 6 | ... have been established for 1 mina. |
| obverse 14 | ... the weapon that you have brought |
| obverse 21 | ... of the scepter of Babylon |
| reverse 1' | ......... the well |
| reverse 3' | If the sun rises 1°: there will be.... |
| obverse 5 | ... he smote me. |
| reverse 18' | Will he who can see, see it? |
| obverse 12 | her evil shall not be dispersed, her scribe shall be negligent. |
| obverse 9 | You put 12 and 6 over each other and this is its calculation. |
| obverse 17 | ... the wall and the oath of all |
| obverse 1 | (If) he is ill for a long time: the eclipse will take place in the middle of the month. |
| reverse 12' | ... of the heavens(?) |
| obverse 18 | ... gives.. and its signs are favourable. |
| reverse 6' | at the threshing floor... he smote; when he smote... |
| obverse 2 | If the day reaches the middle watch: he will have the usufruct of the month. |
| reverse 13' | On the day that..., when the crown.................. |
| reverse 17' | Uruna, next to An, whose life cannot be altered, |
| obverse 16 | ... knife...,.., |
| obverse 11 | and to its sign... he does not have a copy. |
| reverse 2' | In all...... |
| reverse 4' | The lion... the place of rejoicing. |
| reverse 7' | Whom an extispicy is thin... |
| reverse 11' | (If) there is a mole on the side of heaven and earth,... will enter the house of KUKU-TI-E |
| obverse 4 | ..................... |
| obverse 20 | ... that... weeps |
| obverse 10 | The 18th, eponymy of day and day of month Addaru. |
| reverse 10' | By means of their..., a decision(?), |
| obverse 15 | ... shall give him |
| reverse 19' | The extispicy of Ahu-uabu (is) the hand of Eridu. Do not abandon the uqir priests. May the priests not return. |
| obverse 19 | ................ |
| reverse 5' | (If) he does not pay, he who... as he wishes. |
| reverse 16' | The'strength' is 'loose.' The'strength' is 'loose.' |
| reverse 9' | he has not sat down,... he shall make whole. |
| reverse 15' | Hand of Anu, Hand of the Lower... |
| obverse 3 | If he is ill for a long time: the day of disappearance of the day. |
| reverse 20' | your son, who loves (me) Nidaba the goddess(?) of scribal art brought to him and all of it |
| obverse 8 | 6 times 2 (and) 12 (are) the 12th (of the preceding month). |
| obverse 7 | (If) a field is 1 (times) 1 (times) 1 (times) 1 (times) 1 (times) 1 (times) 1 (times) 10 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times). |
| obverse 13 | ... may... be filled with rejoicing and rejoicing. |
| reverse 8' | In order to re-erect the temple of Hani, the... of..., which no one can know(?) |
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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