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ACh Suppl. Ishtar 49 (P424644)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424644 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 5 | shall return it to their place. He shall redeem the great gods; he shall redeem the temple. |
| bottom 18 | Nergal, in his midst, he smote the enemy's troops. |
| obverse 9 | If the Plough reaches the path of ama: there will be hunger in the land. |
| reverse 1 | If Nergal in the sky for a man |
| bottom 19 | 6 months: deaths will occur in the land. |
| obverse 12 | If the Bristle reaches the Yoke: in that year the field will diminish. |
| obverse 8 | The Fish, Mars is dark, Jupiter is bright. |
| top 1 | If a planet approaches a planet: the furrow will approach the furrow. |
| reverse 3 | (If) the king keeps his troops young: the king will destroy his evils. The king will make peace in the land. |
| reverse 4 | (If) the throne does not pass by, for the well-being of the king and his princes, the king will become happy in battle.... |
| obverse 15 | If Mars is bright and raises the sun: the king of Elam. |
| obverse 7 | If the Fish is dark: the fish will not go out in the river. |
| obverse 16 | ... are crossed over and there will be... |
| top 2 | He seizes the throne and places food offerings for the goddesses. He places the dog in the temples. |
| reverse 5 | (If) Nergal is white and Marduk becomes eclipsed and stands there: |
| reverse 2 | ... Marduk... |
| bottom 17 | If Mars raises the sun: the king of Elam.... |
| obverse 6 | If Mars and the planet become stationary and stand there: attack of Elam. |
| obverse 13 | If the Bristle eats the Crook: in that year hunger.... |
| obverse 3 | (If) a planet approaches a planet: the son of the king who lives in the city will make a rebellion against his father. |
| obverse 10 | If a planet and Mars become stationary and stand there: attack of Elam. |
| obverse 4 | (If) the throne does not pass by, a son of anyone will emerge, and the throne will pass through the houses of the great gods. |
| obverse 14 | Mars (and) Jupiter reached |
| obverse 11 | If the Kidney Star and a planet become stationary and stand there: in that year there will be famine. |
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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