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K 20497 (P418914)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 20497 |
|---|---|
| ID | P418914 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | According to the wording of a... tree |
| obverse 9' | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Kislimu: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 2' | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Nisannu (I): the ill-wisher Nergal will die. |
| obverse 5' | If a planet becomes visible in the sixth month: there will be battle in the east and the west. |
| obverse 8' | If a planet becomes visible in Kislev (IX): there will be famine. |
| obverse 3' | If a planet becomes visible in Tartu (Month VII): it will be seen in the evening and in the evening. |
| obverse 7' | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Arasamna (VIII): there will be famine. |
| reverse 2' | Tablet of Nabû-zuqup-ukin, son of Marduk-umu-iqia, the scribe. |
| obverse 1' | .... |
| obverse 4' | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Taritu (Month VII). |
| obverse 6' | If a planet becomes visible in Arasamnu (VIII): there will be famine. |
| obverse 10' | If a planet in Kislimu (Month IX) |
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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