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AAT pl. 27, 30-1 (K 10340, Rm 599) (P398637)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 27, 30-1 (K 10340, Rm 599) |
|---|---|
| ID | P398637 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 30 | On the 29th day: the reign of the king of Akkad. |
| reverse 6' | If on the4.9th day Adad afflicts him: |
| reverse 27' | The land of Assurbanipal |
| 7 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion : a lion : until the day is overcast: the land will give birth to ama and Nergal. |
| reverse 15' | If on the 21st day: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 22' | If there is a mole on his left side: there will be death in the land. The king will defeat the king with the king. |
| 31 | Ditto: Adad will devastate in the barley. |
| reverse 20' | If the storm, the Field, and the Stag become visible with it: city, chief? and people will be at peace. |
| reverse 9' | If on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and there is a collapse and the field will be abandoned. |
| reverse 8' | If on the 13th day: there will be frost in the land. |
| 35 | If he is ill with his unfavorable eyes: he will recover. |
| 2 | If the Moon is red on the day of the nindtu: the day is red and its day is red. |
| reverse 21' | (If) they are ewes: he will become poor. |
| 10 | : the stars come out from its side. The walls of the enemy's land will be destroyed. |
| 5 | If in Simanu (Month III) on the 3rd day: there will be famine (and) hunger. |
| reverse 17' | If on the 29th day the king rises in battle: there will be frost in the land. |
| 23 | If the 18th day is dark and Dilduri stands on its right: evil will take place. |
| reverse 7' | If on the 11th day: there will be famine in the land. |
| 17 | If on the 14th day he sees a man: he will not die. |
| 21 | flesh of the dead: Adad will devour the kings. |
| 13 | If on the4.9th day: there will be famine in the palace. |
| 12 | If on the 14th day: the king of that land will die and the enemy will experience evil. |
| reverse 1' | If the day is dark: Dilimber and Illil will see him. The king will be happy. There will be hunger in the land. |
| 1 | If in Nisannu (I) on day 20 of the king of Akkad will die. |
| 3 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon a storm and a storm blows: the land will be small(?) and destroy land; there will be deaths in the land. |
| 11 | In her seventh regnal year, there will be famine in the land of the evil. |
| 18 | If on the 15th day: the land will die until the end of day. |
| 22 | If on the 17th day: the throne of the king of the Westland will become stable. |
| reverse 14' | On the 20th day: the king of Borsippa will give the throne. |
| 15 | If on the 12th day he is ill and he is dead: ama will die in the land. |
| 6 | If on the fourth day he will die. |
| 28 | If on the 28th day: the king of the world will die and he will recover. |
| 4 | The great shepherds will not come out. |
| 34 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon... |
| reverse 18' | If on the 30th day: the city of the king and its days will be good. |
| reverse 5' | (If) in Ululu (Month VI) on the 1st day: there will be abundance of the palace and the people. |
| 26 | If on the 20th day: the king of Subartu will fall in battle. |
| 19 | (means) : the king, his servant, will give him to the land. |
| 29 | (If) in that year there will be an enemy attack and the land will enter and turn into a wall. |
| reverse 26' | Tablet 33, day after: “Enlil.” |
| reverse 16' | If on the 28th day: a great king will complete the day; there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 11' | If on the 16th day: the king of Guti will die and will pay the silver. |
| reverse 13' | (If) a king is darkened: the king will die. : The king will die on his day. |
| 9 | If on the 14th day, on the 9th day, on the 10th day, on the 15th day: Dilduri and Itar will stand at his side. |
| 8 | The king, his servants, will give him to the land. |
| reverse 19' | If from the 14th day until the 30th day: the king of Akkad will die. |
| reverse 24' | If in Ululu (Month VI) a solar eclipse takes place and the land will experience evil. |
| reverse 25' | If in Taritu (Month VII), on day 20 of the king's throne: he will not return (it) to the king. |
| 24 | They will pay back the silver tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| reverse 3' | If he is ill with his unfavorable limbs, he is ill with a fever and a fever: he will die and he will die.... |
| 32 | If on the 30th day: the reign of the king will be long; the land will experience hunger. |
| reverse 4' | If in Abu (Month V) a solar eclipse takes place: the king of that land will be low and that land will not prosper. The king of that land will be scattered. |
| reverse 10' | On the 15th day: the king of Elam will die. |
| 16 | If on the 13th day: the king will stand with the scepter. |
| 25 | If on the 19th day: the king will die in that year. |
| reverse 2' | If he is stricken in the midst of his unfavorable limbs and a fever: there will be a famine of my army in the land. |
| reverse 23' | (If) ditto: fall of people, ditto: fall of troops. |
| 27 | If on the 21st day: there will be no rejoicing. |
| 20 | If on the 16th day: the king will die in that year and the land will experience evil. |
| 14 | If on the 11th day: there will be a flood, the land will be destroyed; there will be famine in the land. |
| 33 | If from the 1st day to the 30th day there is a lunar halo: there will be hostility in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If on the 18th day: the king will complete the day; there will be frost in the land and there will be frost. |
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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