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Babyloniaca 03, 283 (P425018)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 03, 283 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425018 |
| 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 3' | (If) in Ululu (Month VI) (the moon) is dark: his face will be dark with gold. |
| obverse 4' | ... in front of the light of the gods is red: he will die and he will die. |
| reverse 5' | (If) in Arasamnu (Month VIII), on the 13th day the watch stands and the moon is dark: a fire will be seen. |
| obverse 2' | his... of Subartu... |
| reverse 10' | (Property) of the Moon is seen in a black spot and ama has seen him. |
| reverse 1' | ... sesame and dates... |
| obverse 9' | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 12th day the moon appears and is dark: he will become frightened. |
| obverse 5' | (If) the west wind blows and its eyes.... |
| reverse 6' | (If) Adad thunders and a lightning flashes: attack of locusts; attack of harvest of Akkad. |
| obverse 7' | ... is favourable. The owner of the tablet will die in the land of Elam. |
| reverse 7' | (If) he sees an eclipse: he will write to the north, and he will die; he will die. |
| reverse 11' | If in the month of... the moon is dark: his eyes will be red; the watch will be favourable. |
| reverse 9' | The 'qallal' of a prince, the water of the land and the people will be piled up in the ground. The city's owner will be put to the sword. |
| reverse 2' | ... the king and the life of his heart, the prince, the one who loves the weapon in the steppe. |
| reverse 3' | If on the 12th day the sun is not seen: the enemy will bring harvest of the land of Elam. |
| obverse 10' | ......... |
| reverse 8' | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII) the moon is dark: the lord of ama will die. I am responsible for the partition of the land of. |
| reverse 12' | (If) a lord... the head of a chariot is cut off in the land: he will be well in the palace. |
| reverse 4' | The king of Elam will go out and the harvest of the land of Elam will prosper. The king of Elam in that year will die. |
| obverse 6' | ... will seize him in his palace and he will not succeed. The princes in that year will die.... |
| obverse 8' | ...... |
| obverse 1' | (If) there are famine at his feet: his enemy will die and his life will not be long. The south wind blows. |
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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