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AAT pl. 84 (P424618)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 84 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424618 |
| 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 col 3 17 | he strews. The fifth year: “The land Akkad will be destroyed.” |
| reverse col 3 2 | (If) there is no field in Akkad, there will be famine. |
| reverse col 3 3 | If the Field becomes visible in Nisannu (I) and it does not appear on the north side: in Subartu. |
| reverse col 4 9 | ... Elam |
| reverse col 3 1 | If the Field becomes visible in Nisannu (I) and it does not appear on the south side. |
| reverse col 4 8 | ...... before |
| reverse col 4 12 | ... there will be |
| reverse col 3 4 | (If) he does not pay, the people will pay back the price of their sons. |
| reverse col 4 6 | ... he smote |
| reverse col 3 18 | (and) the land Elam he captured. He marched before him. |
| reverse col 3 8 | If he sees a man and he goes down in the land: there will be deaths. |
| obverse 6' | ... to...... |
| reverse col 4 11 | ... before |
| reverse col 4 10 | ... he will recover. |
| reverse col 3 10 | If with him U.PA appears: ditto. |
| reverse col 3 5 | If the Field becomes visible in Nisannu (I) and is not seen in the east: in the land of Elam ditto |
| obverse 15' | ...-ar |
| obverse 10' | ... which stands... |
| reverse col 4 3 | ... shekel(?) |
| obverse 9' | ... is not present...... |
| reverse col 3 6 | If the Field becomes visible in Nisannu (I) and it does not appear on the west side: in the Westland. |
| reverse col 3 12 | If its stars are above nenmudu, the land of Subartu and the land of Amurru |
| reverse col 3 16 | If its stars are lower: the lands Elam and Uruk |
| reverse col 3 20 | (If) heads in Subartu and the Westland ditto: the land of Elam. |
| obverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 17' | ...... The 30th,... |
| reverse col 3 13 | If his names are lower: he will conquer the land of Elam and the land of Akkad. |
| obverse 7' | ... barley rations |
| obverse 8' | ... That day, the 26th day... |
| reverse col 3 11 | If the lower part of Eridu ditto is located with the Star of Eridu: the enemy will revolt. |
| reverse col 4 5 | ...... |
| reverse col 4 7 | ... that land |
| reverse col 3 15 | he will conquer and the land of Amurru, the seventh, the land of Subartu will be plundered. |
| reverse col 3 19 | If his stars are dark: the upper star and the lower star will be their face. |
| reverse col 3 7 | If he sees a man and he is stricken: the third year will be favourable in the land. |
| reverse col 4 4 | ... he will recover. |
| reverse col 4 1 | ... are present. |
| obverse 4' | ... Ulula in the hand(?) |
| reverse col 3 14 | If its stars are above (and) below, alternatively, plants of the land of Subartu and the land of Amurru |
| obverse 3' | ... Enmearra in the middle(?) |
| reverse col 4 2 | ...-Az |
| reverse col 3 9 | If he sees a man and he sees a ghost: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 14' | ... I did not give. |
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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