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K 10259 (P398586)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 10259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398586 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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' 11' | to the ika(?) |
| col 2' 7' | The awe-inspiring radiance of heaven |
| col 1' 11' | ...... |
| col 2' 4' | The evil of heaven and earth |
| col 2' 6' | in the border of the land of the Nakiru... |
| col 2' 5' | ...... |
| col 2' 3' | to destroy the evil of |
| col 1' 8' | ... the land, the guard, the wind of his land |
| col 1' 3' | ... an eclipse will take place |
| col 2' 10' | If he sees... |
| col 2' 13' | Igi- |
| col 2' 2' | ... not... |
| col 2' 8' | According to the wording of the tablet, the inscription of |
| col 1' 6' | ... before |
| col 2' 9' | son of HAR-Erua |
| col 1' 9' | ... in the month of Du'uzu (XII) |
| col 1' 4' | ... an eclipse will take place |
| col 2' 12' | before...... |
| col 1' 5' | ... red?, bright?, bright(?) |
| col 1' 1' | ... an eclipse takes place |
| col 1' 2' | ... an eclipse takes place |
| col 1' 10' | ... to its location |
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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