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K 07043 (P396988)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396988 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 13' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a god in a lunar eclipse |
| col 2' 4' | ...... the god who in his campaign on the upper side |
| col 2' 1' | You recite... and the herald... |
| col 2' 10' | In the month Nisannu (I) on the 28th day it becomes visible in the beginning of its appearance and in the star. |
| col 2' 9' | (If) ama rises, with his evil deeds, his son will die, the son of the king who is not appointed to the kingship |
| col 2' 7' | (If) he sees a decision: Akkad will die. |
| col 2' 3' | (If) he is ill for the evening watch and he is ill for the evening watch: he will die. |
| col 2' 11' | The heavens are dark and he is swollen and.... |
| col 2' 14' | ... the north wind blew. |
| col 2' 5' | (If) he is a fox, he is a fox, he is a fox, he is a fox, |
| col 2' 8' | king of Akkad, his son, together with his father’s son, |
| col 2' 12' | (If) on the 28th day the head of his eyes becomes visible and in Nisannu (I) on the 14th day: an eclipse will occur. |
| col 2' 2' | ... the north wind blew; the north wind |
| col 2' 6' | (If) he sees a ghost: you will go to your hands. In Akkad |
| col 2' 15' | ... gusty wind in the west...... |
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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