Unread Atlas
AfO 14, pl. 14 (P422079)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | AfO 14, pl. 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422079 |
| Museum no. | BM 098991 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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 18 | ... threshing floor |
| obverse 8' | If a star is located inside it: that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 3 | ... GI6... : to go out : GI6 : shalamu-disease : the star GI6... : to go out |
| obverse 12' | (If) he is stricken on her dream: the reign of his king will be long. |
| obverse 7' | There is a 'weapon'-mark inside it, a 'weapon'-mark to the city of the king. |
| obverse 5' | ...... : Zappu means: Mars. |
| reverse 11 | ... and |
| reverse 16 | ... an eclipse takes place and |
| obverse 2' | There is a 'weapon'-mark in his belly... |
| reverse 10 | If... comes out, Enlil will make a bad thing for the land and the evildoer. |
| reverse 9 | ...... : a-pru? : b... : to strike |
| reverse 19 | ... good |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 6' | (If) a... chariot is located on the horizon and the gods are surrounded by a lunar halo: the people will stand with the feet of the Old Man. |
| reverse 7 | ... is seen: a star will come out. |
| reverse 4 | ama (means) : it is seen with the sun. |
| obverse 14' | If he is stricken like a lion, he will devastate the city. |
| obverse 10' | (If) he strews a 'foot'-mark for 3 times (and) he places a 'cattle': |
| obverse 11' | (If) he sees a gall bladder: the moon will be eclipsed in its midst. |
| reverse 13 | ... a little... day |
| obverse 9' | (If) it thunders twice: that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 5 | If on the day of the eclipse, the reign of the king is surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 1 | There is a... in the middle of the sky. The prince's midst is low. |
| reverse 21 | ..., URI |
| reverse 8 | ... the moon will smite |
| obverse 3' | (If) Gilgamesh with the feet of the Old Man....... |
| reverse 12 | ... above and |
| obverse 15' | he will pay back the silver on the 28th day. |
| reverse 15 | ... and |
| obverse 4' | If a star... inside it.... |
| reverse 6 | .... you sweep the eclipse. In the days of the eclipse |
| reverse 2 | If a pig gives birth to a pig and it does not give birth to a pig: to the land. |
| obverse 13' | (If) a Perforation is provided with a perforation in her dream: the days will be long. |
| reverse 17 | ... Utu-E |
| reverse 14 | ...... and |
| reverse 20 | ... of Ur |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.