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ACh Suppl. 2 Sin 9b (P397425)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. 2 Sin 9b |
|---|---|
| ID | P397425 |
| 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 6' | If the Scorpion stands in its midst: in that year hunger will occur. |
| col 1 4' | ... he will make a profit. |
| col 2 8' | If the Scorpion's horn stands on its right horn: in that year locusts will attack and harvest. |
| col 1 11' | ... will take place |
| col 2 5' | (means) : dogs and foes. |
| col 2 1' | If the Bristle reaches the Moon |
| col 1 10' | ......... |
| col 1 3' | ... an eclipse will occur. |
| col 2 10' | If the Scorpion stands in its left horn: in that year locusts will attack and date palms. |
| col 2 9' | The king of Elam in that year will kill him |
| col 1 6' | ...... will seize the city. |
| col 1 5' | ... they took... to the land. |
| col 1 1' | ... An(?) |
| col 1 12' | ...... |
| col 2 12' | If Scorpius stands in front of him: the land will become confused. |
| col 2 3' | (If) they are dark: the kings of the land will conquer. |
| col 1 8' | ... city(?) of the cosmic powers |
| col 1 2' | ... you set up |
| col 2 13' | ... |
| col 2 11' | (If) the king of Amurru decrees a fate: ditto he will die. |
| col 1 9' | ...... |
| col 2 2' | If the Moon at its appearance the Scorpion like a halo: dogs and wolf. |
| col 2 4' | If the Scorpion stands inside it: the flood will come and floods will come. |
| col 2 7' | ama and dates... |
| col 1 7' | ... he is bright in the evening. |
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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