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BM 121034 (P422322)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Middle Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BM 121034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422322 |
| Museum no. | BM 121034 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 30' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and on the north side: fall of Subartu. |
| obverse 25' | If an eclipse takes place on the west side and is very bright: there will be famine. |
| obverse 9' | If on the day of disappearance of the moon it is bright: defeat of the troops of the ubarrû. |
| obverse 11' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and sets on the north side: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 24' | If an eclipse takes place on the east side and goes on the west side: the king will die. His son will seize the throne. |
| obverse 12' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and takes place: Adad will die. |
| reverse 11' | If on the 1st day an eclipse takes place and the land will return to the quay. |
| reverse 2' | If in abau (Month XI) on the... day an eclipse takes place and... the son of the king a throne will seize and the palace.... |
| reverse 7' | If in Addaru (XII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the king of the Elam will die and his dogs will die. |
| obverse 13' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and goes on the west side: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 17' | If an eclipse takes place on the north side and... on the west side: there will be a king and he will die. |
| reverse 12' | If... and that is swollen:... |
| obverse 10' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and goes on the south side: rejoicing. |
| obverse 3' | ... in illness... |
| obverse 29' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and on the south side: fall of the land of Amurru to Elam and Cutha. |
| reverse 3' | If on the... day an eclipse takes place and there is a cloud: the king will devastate the land, and he will seize the throne. |
| reverse 20' | If in Abu (Month V),... |
| reverse 6' | If on the day of... an eclipse takes place: the king will die. The harvest will prosper. |
| reverse 24' | ... the king of the world will devastate his land. |
| reverse 14' | If on the 15th day there is a hole in Ur. |
| obverse 31' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and on the west side: fall of the troops of the land, Elam and the troops of Amurru. |
| obverse 22' | If an eclipse takes place on a lunar eclipse and the north wind blows: the harvest of the land will diminish. |
| obverse 2' | ... around... |
| reverse 21' | If in Ululu (Month VI) the dates are favourable |
| obverse 21' | If an eclipse takes place on the north side and the south wind blows: the harvest of the land will diminish. |
| reverse 9' | If on the sixteenth day an eclipse takes place and the land will not be abandoned. |
| reverse 16' | If in Nisannu (Month I) an eclipse takes place and its redness is filled with radiance: the people will die. |
| reverse 5' | If on the... day an eclipse takes place and... enters.... |
| obverse 28' | If an eclipse takes place on the west side and goes on the west side: destruction of Ur. |
| reverse 4' | If on the... day an eclipse takes place: the land will be destroyed.... |
| reverse 23' | If an eclipse occurs in the evening watch: the evening watch will be overcast. |
| obverse 16' | If an eclipse takes place on the north side and goes on the north side: there will be famine in the land of the ubarru and the land of the ubarru will devour. |
| reverse 19' | If in Duuzu (Month IV), sesame will prosper |
| obverse 4' | If an eclipse - its right horn is split: loss of property....... |
| obverse 7' | If on the west side a cloudburst emerges and the storm blows: the troops of the west |
| reverse 13' | If in Eridu (Month XII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place: there will be a severe flood. The people will make a payment for the silver. |
| reverse 18' | If in Simanu (Month III), there will be famine |
| reverse 8' | If on the 15th day an eclipse takes place: lions will be scattered; the journey will be long. |
| obverse 32' | If an eclipse takes place on the south side and on the east side: fall of Elam and Cutha. |
| reverse 25' | ... the day has risen(?)... the upper part |
| obverse 14' | If an eclipse takes place on the north side and takes place: the king will reach the highest rank. His land will diminish. |
| obverse 8' | If he is stricken on the north side and it is covered by a cloudy cloud: the troops will be seized. |
| reverse 10' | If on the 20th day an eclipse takes place and the alputu of ama. |
| reverse 17' | If in Ayyaru (Month I),... my utterance is present |
| obverse 23' | If an eclipse takes place on an eclipse and takes place on an eclipse: ERIN-manbada. |
| reverse 22' | If in Tartu (Month VII), the radiance of the sun is favourable. |
| reverse 15' | If on the sixteenth day an eclipse takes place and the land of Akkad will die. |
| obverse 26' | If an eclipse takes place on the west side and the north wind blows: the land of Subartu will diminish |
| obverse 5' | If an eclipse occurs in its middle: one king will die. |
| obverse 6' | If a storm flashes on the south side and sets: deception of Subartu and Akkad. |
| obverse 15' | If an eclipse takes place on the north side and reaches the north:... barley and sesame of the king of the land will die. |
| obverse 27' | If an eclipse takes place on the west side and goes on the east side: the king will die. |
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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