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ACh Suppl. Ishtar 45 (P424622)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 45 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424622 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | If the Old Man's stars are bright: there will be a harvest in that year. |
| 15' | ... stands a star and its gate to the north: that wall in that year in Subartu. |
| 10' | If U.GI is surrounded by a halo, and its gate is open to the north: that year in the land of Subartu. |
| 19' | If (the moon) is eclipsed and its opening to the south: the wall of that year, attack of troops against Akkad. |
| 20' | If (the anomaly) is located and its gate is open to the north: that wall will die in that year. |
| 16' | ... stands... and its gate to the east: that wall in that year in Elam. |
| 2' | (If) he gives birth to a goat: he will thrive; fish in the morning. |
| 1' | If the Scorpion sees a bird in the land: pregnant women... |
| 9' | If the Old Man - a halo is surrounded by a halo and its gate is open to the south: in that year the city wall of Akkad ditto. |
| 17' | ... stands... and its gate to the west: in that year, in the Westland. |
| 3' | If the Old Man sees the Old Man: that year.... |
| 4' | If the White Star stands and stands there: attack of the troops. |
| 13' | ... star stands in that year in the land. |
| 14' | ... stands... and its gate to the south: that wall in that year in Akkad. |
| 8' | If the Old Man - a halo is surrounded by a halo: in that year there will be famine in the land. |
| 12' | If the Old Man - a halo is surrounded by a halo and its gate is open to the west: in that year the land of Amurru ditto. |
| 21' | If ditto and its gate to the east reaches the wall: in that year there will be hostilities for Elam. |
| 11' | If a man is surrounded by a halo and his gate is open to the east: in that year (the land) Elam ditto. |
| 18' | If a rainbow flashes: in that year, attack of troops against the land. |
| 23' | ... and to the star |
| 5' | to Elam: the sixth year will change. |
| 22' | If ditto and its gate is open to the west: in that year there will be hostilities for the land. |
| 6' | If the Old Man's stars are very wide: the harvest of the harvest in that year will prosper. |
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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