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K 10799 + 1883-01-18, 0473 (P398893)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 10799 + 1883-01-18, 0473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398893 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; 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 8' | ...... rose...: enemy attack |
| reverse 4' | ... the Arrow |
| obverse 14' | ... the enemy(?) |
| reverse 8' | ... the Arrow, Mars, the land |
| reverse 7' | ... the Yoke...... |
| obverse 12' | ... star(?) |
| reverse 1' | ... the brewer... |
| reverse 16' | ...... in the land |
| reverse 19' | ... is surrounded by a halo and the Pleiades stand inside it. |
| obverse 18' | (If) a lightning flashes: his land will be set up; the enemy will be frightened.... |
| reverse 20' | ... dies and he will die in the land. |
| reverse 5' | ... and I did not see |
| reverse 14' | ... 30(?)... and the death of Elam |
| obverse 16' | If on the 16th day the moon and sun are seen together: the king will have mercy on the king. |
| reverse 13' | ...... : to fall and... |
| obverse 5' | ... strong intercession(?) |
| obverse 19' | If the Moon, when it is not his (own) appearance, is not seen(?): the city will be surrounded by a forest. |
| reverse 11' | ... the Shepherd of... |
| reverse 17' | If the sun stands in the midst of the halo of the moon: in the land truth... the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| obverse 6' | ... the Field reaches |
| obverse 10' | ... Subartu |
| obverse 22' | ... the star(?) and the Yoke |
| obverse 13' | ... a.. |
| reverse 6' | ... on the 14th day |
| reverse 3' | ... the land will eat albatanu |
| reverse 18' | (If) it is surrounded by a lunar halo (and) it stands on the Moon. |
| obverse 7' | ...... Jupiter... and |
| reverse 10' | ... there will be |
| obverse 17' | The king enters his palace for a month. |
| obverse 4' | ... UDU.TIL means :... |
| reverse 2' | ... Uliana |
| obverse 9' | ... he will give. |
| reverse 9' | ... KA-MUIGUE... |
| obverse 15' | ... there will be |
| reverse 15' | ... Mars... |
| obverse 3' | ......... |
| obverse 11' | ... that land of Subartu |
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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