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AAT pl. 72 (P396943)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 72 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396943 |
| 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) |
| 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 12' | (If) a star reaches its horn: flood will take place and nobody... |
| obverse 6' | If the Arrow stands on its right horn: the governor of Elam will kill him. |
| obverse 13' | ... the Scorpion ditto: a curse.... |
| reverse 7' | If Ishtar reaches the stars: the third year of the land of Guti. |
| reverse 5' | ... ulpae stands at its side. The third year, the land of Guti, the land of Elam. |
| obverse 17' | ... he performed. : If the Arrow and Mars.... |
| obverse 9' | If the Scorpion stands inside it: the flood will come and floods will come. |
| obverse 3' | If the Yoke Constellation stands in its horns: the kings of the land will make a rebellion. |
| reverse 10' | whose names...... |
| reverse 11' | If the 3rd, at its appearance,... star(s)....... |
| obverse 2' | If the Moon, at its appearance, the Arrow stands inside it: the kings of the land will make a rebellion. |
| obverse 10' | If the Scorpion stands in its midst ditto in its midst: in that year there will be famine. |
| reverse 2' | ... stands. Year 3 of the enemy's land with a weapon |
| reverse 8' | ... star(s) stand at its left side. The third year, the land of Guti (and) the land Elam devoured. The land of Amurru |
| obverse 16' | ... will die in the land. Dead plants :... :.... |
| obverse 5' | If the Yoke Constellation stands between its horns: the city whose wall is strong, its lord will devastate. |
| reverse 4' | ... U.PAE stands in its left side. Year 3 of the enemy's land. Food of a great king. |
| obverse 4' | If the Shikudu-star stands in its midst: battle of the land will become widespread. |
| reverse 1' | ... stands on the left: the strong king in the land?... |
| reverse 3' | ... stands. Year 3 of Akkad, the land of Guti and the land of Amurru |
| reverse 13' | If a lunar eclipse takes place before it: the king will attack. |
| obverse 14' | If the Moon, at its appearance, a planet stands inside it: in that year, deaths will occur in the land.... |
| obverse 11' | If the Scorpion stands in its right horn in that man: locusts will attack and the harvest will eat. |
| obverse 12' | If the Scorpion stands in its left horn: in the year there will be locusts and date palms will devour the king of Akkad and the king of Amurru. |
| reverse 6' | ... that... in its... |
| obverse 19' | ... his work |
| obverse 15' | ... : his illness will be released. :... the star(?) |
| obverse 20' | ... Bel(?) |
| obverse 7' | If the Arrow stands in its left horn: the king of Uruk and the king of Amurru will make no changes. |
| reverse 9' | If its right horn is long and the Scorpion stands in its left horn: the third year, the land of Guti will devour the enemy. |
| reverse 14' | If a rainbow stands on the top of ditto: there will be an attack of that land. |
| obverse 8' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo: its tail is surrounded by lions and wolves and it is surrounded by a lunar halo. |
| reverse 16' | [Month VII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 1st day of the month)] |
| reverse 15' | If in Nisannu (I) when it appears, its right horn... the sky.... |
| obverse 18' | ... that... the land |
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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