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Rm 2, 172 (P424975)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424975 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | ... great Anu of heaven |
| obverse 8 | ..., wife of the great hero |
| reverse 1' | ... great(?) |
| obverse 7 | ... ama(?) judge of the great gods |
| reverse 19' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines, as many as there are |
| obverse 13 | ... Dilimbabbar |
| reverse 5' | ... and Elam will prosper. |
| reverse 18' | Whoever among the kings who came before me does not have a grasp of this work, |
| reverse 6' | ... there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 21 | ... Haya, the plowman |
| reverse 7' | ... Elam will die, the woman will seize the throne. |
| obverse 19 | ... Ningirsu |
| reverse 16' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding, |
| reverse 8' | ... there will be a ghost in the land |
| obverse 26 | ... Ninmah (and) Ninursag are the regular offering |
| obverse 27 | ..., vizier of the god Sîn |
| reverse 9' | ... sons of people in the gate of Adad |
| reverse 10' | ...... he will become strong. |
| reverse 20' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 17 | ... ditto, a warrior not to be overturned. |
| reverse 15' | Palace of Assurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 11 | ... Erra, the hero of the gods |
| reverse 21' | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| obverse 24 | ... Gula, mistress of battle(?) |
| obverse 4 | ... Ninlil, great lady of the Ekur |
| obverse 22 | ... Nisaba, plant of life |
| reverse 3' | ... on the 20th day: the king will become great. |
| obverse 18 | ... Ea, beloved of her brothers. |
| obverse 28 | ... Uruk |
| obverse 9 | ... Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth |
| reverse 2' | ... bird(?), in the sky,... did not(?) seize(?) |
| obverse 6 | ... Ningal, great..., queen of Ur |
| reverse 12' | ........ and the land, the lord |
| obverse 25 | ... ulpa’e, the great lord |
| obverse 2 | ... great Anum |
| obverse 16 | ... Ninnibru, whose great divinity is good |
| reverse 13' | ... there will be famine in the land |
| obverse 15 | ... Ninurta, great lion |
| obverse 20 | ... Bu : great wife : Ningal |
| obverse 3 | ... Enlil, lord of the lands |
| obverse 5 | ... of Enzû, first-born son of Enlil |
| reverse 4' | ... is dark: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 23 | ... of Ab'u, lord of life |
| reverse 17' | They rejoiced, the eyes were full of joy. |
| reverse 11' | ... lord Ea and the great gods |
| obverse 12 | ... Mami, son of Apsu |
| obverse 14 | ... Kabta, the lord of wisdom |
| reverse 14' | ... there will be enemies in the land |
| obverse 10 | ... great prince ala |
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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