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ACh Suppl. Ishtar 52 (P424953)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Ishtar 52 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424953 |
| 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 4 | If the moon stands (there) |
| obverse 1 | If a sow stands in front of the moon: the land will become hostile. |
| obverse 19 | If the Well-being stands in it: the great king will die and his son will devour the land. |
| reverse 5 | The stars of Jupiter... |
| obverse 5 | If the King comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the days of the prince will end. |
| obverse 8 | If the king stands on the moon and stands there: the king will have good days. The land will not prosper. |
| obverse 7 | (If) Jupiter comes close to the Moon and... on the right of the left:.... |
| obverse 9 | Jupiter rises with the King to the Moon and the right of the Moon....... |
| obverse 13 | If the Moon at its appearance a star stands in its right horn: in the morning, an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 10 | emerges. arru-ukin, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 15 | If a star stands in its left horn: eclipse of the king of Akkad. |
| reverse 9 | emerges. Nanna-ahhe-iriba, king of Assyria |
| obverse 20 | (If) in Pabilsag (and) Jupiter stand inside the Moon:.... |
| obverse 16 | Ditto and ditto in the head... |
| obverse 18 | Ditto and Jupiter stands inside the Moon. |
| reverse 1 | If the great stars are visible: the moon will be bright. |
| obverse 6 | Ditto: he will write a report in the land. |
| obverse 12 | (If) Jupiter enters the king's place with the Moon: |
| obverse 10 | If the king rises to the top of the moon and stands there: the moon will enter. |
| obverse 4 | Jupiter stands in the Scorpion to the west. |
| reverse 2 | Watch of the city. |
| obverse 17 | If a star stands in it: not... the king's throne. |
| reverse 11 | Whoever seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Aur, king of the evildoer... |
| obverse 11 | In that month, an eclipse will take place... |
| obverse 3 | If the Cancer Constellation stands behind the moon: there will be famine. |
| obverse 14 | The rites of the Shepherd, the Yoke,... |
| obverse 2 | Jupiter stands in the Scorpion in front of the Moon. |
| reverse 8 | (As for) the tribute of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 7 | It is written in the middle of the 'finger' of the lung and... |
| reverse 3 | Jupiter and Scorpius...... |
| reverse 6 | The villages in the mouth of a censer like...... |
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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