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AAT pl. 51 (P424945)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424945 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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 16' | ... his... will not approach the son of the king of the throne. |
| obverse 21 | ... the enemy... an eclipse |
| reverse 7' | ... and before the third year rain... and flood |
| obverse 7 | If a planet becomes visible in the sixth month: in the east(?) and the west(?) will take place(?) |
| obverse 20 | ... ditto. On the 30th of Ululu (VI) the 'hand' of the Hand' is visible. |
| reverse 19' | ... king of Anu, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 6 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Taritu (Month VII): he will die. |
| reverse 20' | ... son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 18' | ... when... Enlil |
| obverse 15 | If a planet becomes visible in Addaru (XII): there will be moths. |
| obverse 25 | (If) he sees a sheep: he will die. (If) ditto: there will be... and he will die. |
| reverse 22' | .... I wrote, collated, and checked. |
| obverse 32 | ... life |
| obverse 16 | If a planet becomes visible in the east in Mercury: the enemy will take place in the land. |
| reverse 10' | If Mars approaches the Old Man: there will be famine in the land of Borsippa and his brother will die. |
| reverse 4' | ... the rains...,...,...,...,...,...,...,..., |
| obverse 14 | If a planet stands in ebetu (X) and its black-headed people will be scattered. |
| reverse 15' | ............ he has caused the harvest to change... his people... |
| reverse 5' | ... Adad will devastate and destroy (them) in the land. That year, dead(?) |
| obverse 4 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Nisannu (I): Nergal will devastate. |
| obverse 28 | If a planet stands in the horn of the moon: the king of the world will make his name. |
| reverse 21' | ... inscriptions of Assyria, the land of Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 8 | If a planet becomes visible in Arasamnu (VIII): there will be famine. |
| obverse 3 | ... hand. |
| obverse 9 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Arasamna (VIII): there will be famine. |
| reverse 24' | ... his name will be written. |
| obverse 29 | If... on the flesh... the land will go to Ukntu. |
| reverse 13' | If Mars eats a fox: food will be eaten; the land will become happy. |
| reverse 25' | ... may... be released. |
| obverse 2 | ... Nergal |
| obverse 22 | ...... the furrow... opened |
| obverse 19 | If a planet of Ninurta becomes visible in the middle of the sun with the moon: |
| obverse 33 | ... the land |
| obverse 18 | If a planet becomes eclipsed on the day 4, the day... of the sky and does not enter, it is the ubtu (temple). |
| obverse 26 | If a planet stands inside the moon: in that year there will be a battle in the land. |
| obverse 30 | If a planet stands in front of the moon: in that year there will be deaths. |
| reverse 23' | ... my supplication, he established in my palace. |
| obverse 11 | If a planet becomes visible in the beginning of Kislimu: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 27 | If a planet stands on the left horn of the moon: in the land of Amurru there will be battle. |
| obverse 23 | ... and the totality... after |
| obverse 17 | If a planet becomes visible and stands there for the third year: in the east and east, battle will take place. |
| reverse 12' | his (personal) gods will be seized from him, he will have mercy on him, the rains and floods will be cut off. |
| reverse 11' | The palace of the prince is plundered... the land(?) to the land and goes out(?) |
| reverse 6' | ... will be destroyed and the earth will not return. |
| reverse 17' | ... I conquered. The price was small |
| obverse 12 | If a planet in Kislimu (Month IX) |
| obverse 24 | ... ahû-demon... |
| reverse 14' | (If) the herdsman of the herdsman (= umma lu 49 unknown): he will widen his cattle; he will widen his cattle in the steppe. |
| reverse 8' | ... and... of Akkad Adad(?) |
| obverse 10 | If a planet becomes visible in Kislev (IX): there will be famine. |
| obverse 13 | If a planet becomes visible in ebtu (X): rejoicing, cattle and sheep. |
| reverse 9' | ...... barley and sesame were sold. |
| obverse 5 | If a planet becomes visible in Tartu (Month VII): there will be battle and battle. |
| reverse 3' | If the anomaly of Mars becomes visible: there will be famine in the land. |
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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