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ACh Suppl. 2 Samash 31b (P397399)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Samash 31b |
|---|---|
| ID | P397399 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? col 1 3' | ... that land will diminish |
| obverse? col 2 3' | If the sun in Ululu (VI) on the day of disappearance of the moon is black: in the morning rain. |
| obverse? col 2 11' | If the sun in Ululu (VI) on the 1st day is seen in the west in a black cloud: the south wind.... |
| obverse? col 1 4' | ... the day is overcast and the wall |
| obverse? col 2 6' | If the sun in Kislev (IX) becomes visible on the day of disappearance of the moon: black cloud will be seen in the west. |
| obverse? col 2 9' | If the sun in Ululu (Month VI) on the 4th day is seen in front of it and the south wind blows: he will die. |
| obverse? col 1 5' | ...... that day |
| obverse? col 2 13' | If the sun in Ululu (VI) on the 1st day is seen in a black cloud: all day long. |
| obverse? col 1 2' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 15' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 11' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2 1' | ... ditto(?) |
| obverse? col 2 12' | Adad shouts, and all day rain; in his hand, he does not experience famine, and. |
| obverse? col 1 7' | ... black... |
| obverse? col 2 2' | ......... |
| obverse? col 1 1' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2 14' | ... lightning flashed in the east |
| obverse? col 2 5' | (If) Adad afflicts him: on a day that rains.... |
| obverse? col 2 4' | In the morning watch, you pour a libation bowl of fig-beer. |
| obverse? col 1 6' | ... will return |
| obverse? col 1 14' | ... and unfavorable rain |
| obverse? col 2 10' | If in that month Adad thunders |
| obverse? col 2 7' | (If) it is dark (and) dark in a black cloud: the enemy will go. |
| obverse? col 2 8' | rain, ditto; from the beginning of the year there will be rains and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
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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