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K 08185 (P404820)

Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationK 08185
IDP404820
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
8(If) a star reaches the north: fall of the south.
7If a star... the south wind to the north wind....
12If a star is located on the west side, it is located on the west side
4(If) he is seized by an enemy: ditto....
6If a star reaches the lower part, it reaches the upper part: the king of the land....
5The price of his land...
13... its face towards the south; rain in the sky
1...........
9(If) there is a flood in the land:....
14... his face... towards the north
10(If) a star reaches the east, it reaches the west:....
11You perform a ritual assemblage....
2If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder... there will be... in the land.
3If a star reaches the upper part, it reaches the lower part: the king....
reverse 2'If the sun rises in Taritu (Month VII), its light is like a cloudburst(?)
15... month(s)

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