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K 06851 (P396844)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06851 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396844 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 4' | ... like a eclipse, it will take place on the 15th day. |
| 12' | ... an eclipse(?) |
| 10' | ...... a lunar eclipse like... |
| 6' | (If) ditto (and) in the morning watch Akkad appears: in the east: an eclipse of the king of Subartu. |
| 2' | ... night-time watch, daytime watch? |
| 1' | ... an eclipse... |
| 9' | ... which is like the 15th day ditto, the 14th day... |
| 5' | (If) ditto (and) the evening watch of Akkad becomes visible: in the north (the eclipse) will take place. |
| 3' | ... on the 15th day: an eclipse in the evening watch... |
| 8' | ... he rose(?). In Nisannu (Month I), the 16th day, a lunar eclipse |
| 11' | ... that eclipse... |
| 7' | (If) ditto (and) in the evening watch Akkad appears: in the south: an eclipse of the king of Elam. |
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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