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Rm 2, 309 (P425051)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 309 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425051 |
| 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 col 1 14' | ... the chief of the population will die. |
| obverse col 2 6' | If the Kidney Star... |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... of Ur, they are strong. |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... the base |
| obverse col 2 10' | If the Yoke reaches the Sun: the king who... will die. |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... for great evil |
| obverse col 2 2' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 8' | .... are destroyed. |
| obverse col 2 7' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Kidney Star.... |
| obverse col 2 4' | If the... star |
| obverse col 2 12' | to the king, the king...... |
| obverse col 2 18' | If the Kidney Star is bright: a reign of destruction. |
| obverse col 2 16' | are placed and.... |
| obverse col 1 13' | ... of Bu(l)li |
| obverse col 1 1' | ...... and |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... deaths |
| obverse col 1 3' | .... he will recover. |
| obverse col 1 18' | ... are great |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... dead(?) |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... wide(?) |
| obverse col 2 3' | If a man... |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... he shall rule |
| obverse col 1 16' | ... his... plant(?) |
| obverse col 2 19' | If the Kidney Star reaches its right horn: a reign of distant days and a reign of distant days. |
| obverse col 1 5' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 1' | ... |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... hand |
| obverse col 2 14' | If the 6th star star... |
| obverse col 2 11' | If a star... a furious star...... |
| obverse col 1 15' | ..., foundation(?) of the land, regular offering |
| obverse col 2 20' | If the Kidney Star... |
| obverse col 1 20' | ... will die. |
| obverse col 2 17' | If the Kidney Star carries radiance: the foundation of the throne will become stable. The chariot... with it. |
| obverse col 1 21' | ... you recite... |
| obverse col 1 17' | ... the mountain |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... are black(?) |
| obverse col 2 9' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Kidney Star.... |
| obverse col 2 15' | If ditto the stars... |
| obverse col 2 5' | If the Kidney Star reaches the Kidney Star |
| obverse col 2 13' | If a star or.... |
| obverse col 2 8' | of lions |
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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