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K 09233 + Rm 0498 + 1881-02-04, 0298 (P397983)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09233 + Rm 0498 + 1881-02-04, 0298 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397983 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 25' | If on the 25th day: he will restore the privileged status of the land. |
| obverse 4' | If on the 13th day.... |
| reverse 8' | If on the 30th day the king of that land will conquer that kings will conquer that land. |
| reverse 26' | If on the... day.... |
| reverse 13' | (If) in Addaru (XII) the sun becomes eclipsed: the king will make his enemy's land disappear. |
| reverse 7' | If on the 29th day: the king of that land will die.... |
| obverse 16' | If from the 1st day until the 30th day the kings will give them back and the enemy will give them back. |
| reverse 6' | If on the 28th day: the king will be at peace with Nergal. |
| reverse 11' | If a day is dark: an eclipse will take place and the day is surrounded by a fire. |
| reverse 18' | If on the 14th day he goes to the land. |
| reverse 12' | If from the 1st day to the 30th day there is a price in the land. |
| reverse 17' | If on the tenth day: he will make a rebellion in the land. |
| obverse 2' | If on the 9th day.... |
| reverse 20' | The king of the land will die; a ghost will be set up for kingship and he will raise his silver and gold.... |
| reverse 1' | The 16th day... |
| obverse 23' | If on the 15th day: water from the... canal will be poured. |
| obverse 15' | If an eclipse takes place and a severe fog does not bring a royal majesty to the kingship. |
| obverse 22' | If on the 14th day ditto: he will die. |
| obverse 21' | If on the 13th day he is ill: he will die. |
| reverse 14' | If in Eridu (Month XII) on the fourth day ditto on the... day: an eclipse will take place. The throne will take place. |
| obverse 19' | If on the 9th day and an eclipse takes place: the land will experience famine. |
| obverse 11' | If on the 28th day the king dies and his land will return to his place. |
| obverse 17' | If in Arasamnu (VIII) the sun sets: |
| obverse 3' | If on the 11th day... |
| reverse 22' | If on the 17th day a price is small in the land and the brother of his brother's house will be released. |
| obverse 26' | If on the 20th day he eats water. |
| reverse 24' | If on the fourth day he dies: he will die. |
| obverse 12' | If on the 29th day: the king will be well; Adad will be present in the land and. |
| obverse 18' | If in Kislimu (Month IX), on the 1st day an eclipse takes place: the land will be destroyed in. |
| reverse 19' | If the Well-being is located on the left side of the gall bladder: there will be an eclipse. |
| obverse 6' | If on the 15th day the king.... |
| obverse 9' | If on the 20th day: he will destroy the water. |
| reverse 23' | If on the 20th day: the king will be happy; his enemies will be scattered. |
| obverse 28' | If on the 28th day: the city, the king, and his people will be reconciled. |
| obverse 8' | If on the 18th day: the city, king, and people will prosper; rains and floods will come. |
| reverse 15' | If a solar eclipse ditto, a solar eclipse takes place: he will acquire an eclipse. |
| obverse 5' | On the 14th day the king... |
| obverse 24' | If on the 16th day a woman....... |
| reverse 10' | If an eclipse takes place and Venus and Jupiter appear: for the king(?).... |
| obverse 14' | If an eclipse takes place and Venus and Jupiter become visible: for the king there will be peace in his land. |
| reverse 4' | If on the 21st day... |
| obverse 7' | If on the 16th day: rains and floods. |
| obverse 13' | If on the 30th day the king... life: he will die. |
| obverse 25' | If on the 18th day: the king of that land will prosper; Nergal will eat the land. |
| reverse 9' | (If) ditto: that king of that land will conquer kings of his land; the enemy will seize |
| reverse 21' | If on the 16th day an eclipse takes place and a ram takes place with it and goes to the wild animals of the land: Adad and Mars. |
| reverse 16' | If on the4.9th day: the land will be settled. |
| obverse 20' | If on the 11th day and the men stand in the river. |
| obverse 10' | If on the 1st day the king... |
| reverse 2' | If on the 18th day.... |
| obverse 27' | If on the 21st day: there will be diu-disease in the land. |
| reverse 5' | Ditto: city, king, and his people will be at peace. |
| obverse 1' | In the month of Arasamna, on the 1st day |
| reverse 3' | If on the 20th 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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