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Nisaba 2, pl. I 4 (P399114)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. I 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399114 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | ... Ea and the great gods |
| 12' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 1st and the 27th day: an eclipse will take place. |
| 1' | ... their |
| 11' | If the Moon at its appearance is like the 1st and the 27th day: evil for Elam. |
| 4' | came out from the midst of heaven |
| 9' | ..., ebtu, ebtu, abau, Adarnu |
| 3' | reed of heaven and earth |
| 2' | ...-na |
| 8' | ... in heaven and netherworld, faithfully they swore. |
| 6' | ... are placed in the heavens and underworld. |
| 7' | ... who sees the face of humanity... |
| 13' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 1st and the 28th day: evil for the Westland. |
| 15' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 1st and 29th day: evil for Gutium will take place. Ditto. |
| 10' | ... on the 27th day, like its appearance, it is seen in the face of evil. |
| 14' | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 1st and the 28th day: evil for the Westland. |
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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