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ACh Suppl. Ishtar 38 (P424616)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424616 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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' | If... |
| obverse 12' | If in the month of |
| reverse 11' | ... a star that strikes... |
| obverse 13' | If in the month |
| reverse 8' | If the Kidney Star |
| obverse 9' | (If) Gilgamesh enters the moon |
| obverse 8' | If the Bristle in Addaru (XII) ditto: the king's father will be killed in the enemy. |
| obverse 4' | If the Kidney Star in Arasamna (VIII) ditto: reign of the king. |
| reverse 6' | If a star |
| reverse 7' | If a star |
| reverse 2' | If a star.... |
| reverse 10' | If the Kidney Star... the stars.... |
| reverse 9' | If the Wagon... |
| reverse 13' | If the Kidney Star reaches the End: the king in.... |
| obverse 10' | If in Nisannu (Month I) a rainbow emerges(?) |
| obverse 2' | If Ditto (as in) Ululu (Month VI) ditto: the king will die and attack. |
| obverse 6' | If the Kidney Star in ebetu (X) ditto the king will be satisfied. |
| obverse 1' | If Ditto (in) Abu (V): there will be sickness in the land. |
| reverse 3' | If a sow... |
| obverse 11' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| obverse 5' | If the Kidney Star in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: "The lord of the throne will seize the throne." |
| reverse 14' | ... according to the wording of a... tree |
| reverse 12' | Belet-Babili |
| obverse 7' | If the Field in abau (Month XI) ditto: there will be weapons in the land. |
| obverse 3' | If the Bristle in Taritu (Month VII) ditto: destruction of sanctuaries. |
| reverse 4' | If a star |
| reverse 5' | If a star |
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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