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Nisaba 2, pl. VI 1-2 (P397654)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22); CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. VI 1-2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397654 |
| 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); CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 6' | If a star stands inside it: the king of the land will devastate.... |
| obverse 11' | ... The 1st, a star at its appearance, between its right and left...... |
| obverse 7' | If on top of it a star stands on its left: between... and peace... |
| obverse 17' | If ditto a man ditto: where will he be in his heart?... |
| reverse 2' | ... NAM.GILIM means :....... |
| obverse 13' | If a woman's eyes are 1 star between its right and left horns: the king of Uruk (and) the land will become a strong king. |
| reverse 8' | ... Anum, Enlil, and Ea... |
| obverse 10' | ... The 1st, a star on its right horn. The 1st, a star on its left horn... |
| reverse 4' | ... to the male.... |
| obverse 15' | If a sow approaches a sow: the land will make his tablet disappear. |
| reverse 3' | ... rain. :... |
| obverse 12' | Ditto of the king of Akkad, his servants: |
| obverse 8' | ...... from Mars... |
| obverse 4' | If on the 20th day he sees a statue: the crown of the king of the land will be established for the king of the land.... |
| reverse 5' | ... to death of the king :... |
| reverse 6' | ... to death of the king :... |
| reverse 9' | ... is dark,... is dark |
| obverse 9' | If it is surrounded by a star between its right and left horns:.... |
| obverse 2' | If he sees a gall bladder: the king will exercise world rule... |
| reverse 1' | ... Arê ditto... |
| obverse 14' | If Jupiter stands at its left: there will be deaths in the land(?) |
| obverse 3' | (If) he sees a thigh, he is a lion, he is a lion |
| obverse 5' | ... the king... |
| obverse 1' | ............ |
| obverse 16' | If a crown is located inside it, ditto and.... |
| reverse 7' | ... to... |
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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