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K 08088 (P397484)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397484 |
| 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? 20' | (If) in Kislimu (Month IX), the land of Akkad. |
| reverse 3' | ... on the 1st day: an eclipse... |
| obverse? 12' | (and) the Westland |
| obverse? 5' | If... all day deaths are severe : an eclipse will take place in the evening watch. |
| obverse? 2' | ...... shall place... |
| obverse? 14' | Simanu (Month III), Taritu, abau, the land of Amurru, Duuzu, Arasamnu (Month VIII), the land of Subartu |
| obverse? 8' | If a solar disk is located in the middle watch: he will have the usufruct of it. |
| obverse? 6' | If an eclipse occurs in the middle watch: it will diminish. : If an eclipse occurs in the middle watch: it will diminish. |
| obverse? 18' | The nadtu-festival of the land Elam |
| reverse 5' | ............... |
| obverse? 13' | If in Nisannu (Month V), Abu, Kislimu, Akkad, Ayyaru, Ululu, ebtu, Elam |
| obverse? 15' | Ditto on the 30th day, the 12th day, the 13th day, the 14th day, the 14th day, the 14th day, the 15th day. |
| obverse? 17' | (If) in the morning watch the land Akkad : in the morning watch the land of Subartu... |
| obverse? 9' | (If) a cloudburst comes out: the daytime watch. |
| reverse 4' | The city Nisannu from the 1st to the 10th day |
| obverse? 10' | ... 30th day: the land Akkad; the day: the land Elam; the day: the land Amurru; the day: the land Subartu. |
| obverse? 3' | ... there will be hunger in the land. Ditto. |
| obverse? 1' | ......... |
| obverse? 19' | The month of Nisannu (I), the watch of the land Akkad, the month of Nergal, the land of Akkad |
| reverse 2' | ... On the 20th day: an eclipse....... |
| obverse? 16' | The 20th day, the 12th day, the 11th day, the 13th day, the 14th day, the 23rd day, the 23rd day, the 25th? day, the 15th day. |
| obverse? 4' | ... Adad, the nusurrû-priest,...... |
| reverse 1' | ... 16th day(?) |
| obverse? 11' | If the north wind blows over Akkad, the south wind blows over Elam, the east wind blows over Subartu |
| obverse? 7' | If a cloudburst comes out in the morning watch: a solar eclipse will take place in the third month, the 10th day. |
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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