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CM 43, pl. 22 (P425052)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CM 43, pl. 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425052 |
| 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 17' | If Adad reaches the right of the moon: cities. |
| reverse 26' | If Adad thunders in the Moon: the king of Elam will fall in battle. |
| reverse 11' | Will he not be afraid? Will he not be afraid? Will he not be afraid? Will he not be afraid? Will he not be afraid? |
| reverse 25' | If Adad thunders on the throne of the moon:.... |
| reverse 27' | If Adad... in the cracks of ama.... |
| obverse 16' | (If) a brother, his brother, a brother, a brother, a brother, a brother, does not kill him: the land will be destroyed and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 8' | (If) the stars of heaven enter together: defeat of... will take place. |
| reverse 1' | If Adad thunders in the middle of Babylon: the people of the land will see. |
| reverse 22' | If Adad reaches the left of the moon: her furious fury will fall. |
| obverse 5' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow flares up and horns emerge on its right. |
| reverse 16' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow whose bird is very yellow: the moon will rage. |
| reverse 28' | If Adad... in the middle of ama |
| obverse 17' | (If) a king is killed by the king and the people are sick: he will experience hunger. |
| reverse 12' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow - its snake is very red. |
| obverse 29' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and the grain... a man's mouth is not good. |
| obverse 25' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the middle of the gall bladder and a barley quakes: a flood will take place in the land. |
| obverse 1' | Nanna(?) came out in the sky |
| reverse 23' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the 'finger': he will die. |
| obverse 19' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon and Mars sets: there will be a severe rainstorm in the land and there will be famine. |
| reverse 9' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a red cloudburst emerges and Mars sets. |
| obverse 20' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and Mars reaches the end of the 'finger': attack of the land. |
| reverse 4' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the street: pregnant women.... |
| reverse 3' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 19' | If Adad stretches on the right of the moon: locusts will attack and the people will be scattered. |
| reverse 24' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the halo: the flood will come and... will prosper. |
| obverse 11' | (If) people go to their place and fall, there will be famine and famine in the steppe and there will be a great mountain for the small land. |
| obverse 10' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow sets: there will be famine. |
| obverse 12' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and flashes on its head: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 10' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a cloudburst reaches the sky and does not rain: sanctuaries will be made. |
| obverse 31' | ... per month, 1 month 16 days... |
| obverse 28' | If Adad ditto and sesame... |
| reverse 14' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow whose snake is very yellow: the moon will die. |
| obverse 23' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the lung and he is covered in fetters: the men will dwell in a house. |
| reverse 6' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Old Man: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 7' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow... and afflicts him. |
| reverse 30' | ... his right... the vizier... |
| obverse 24' | (If) they give birth to males: there will be a severe illness. |
| reverse 2' | If Adad reaches the middle of Babylon: the people of the land will experience sorrow. |
| obverse 18' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon and does not rain: the flood will come. |
| obverse 21' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the gall bladder and a iannu-plant (is) surrounded by a lunar halo, a son of anyone who has no mountain will take the throne... |
| obverse 22' | (If) he eats... and thorns: he will die. |
| reverse 15' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon and a rainbow whose snake is very red: the moon will rage. |
| obverse 30' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the 'finger' and the 'finger'... the land.... |
| obverse 14' | If Adad thunders in the centre of Adad and he shivers: he will seize the throne. |
| reverse 8' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the moon: end of the battle of the land. |
| obverse 6' | He pours oil and recites the incantation 'The king of the city and his people will be well.' |
| reverse 18' | If Adad stretches on the right of the moon and the sky rises: the city will become hostile to the city. |
| reverse 20' | If Adad reaches the left of the moon: Elam will be scattered. |
| obverse 3' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Crook: the king of the land will not exercise dominion. |
| obverse 4' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Scales: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| obverse 27' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the middle of the gall bladder and dates are scattered: the canal will be plundered. |
| obverse 9' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ditto and a rainbow flashes: its tail is full of radiance. |
| reverse 29' | If Adad thunders in the middle of ama and lightning... |
| obverse 2' | Adad flew away and in the town of the man he became frightened and |
| reverse 21' | If Adad reaches the left of the moon and does not see the moon: people will have no rival. |
| obverse 13' | The ritu-disease became severe and there was famine of cattle and sheep and goats in the land and the people of the river... |
| obverse 15' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Wagon and a star stands in the Wagon: there will not be famine in the sky. |
| reverse 5' | ... the land will take away. |
| reverse 13' | ubtu-disease of boats : chariots and people |
| obverse 26' | If Adad ditto in the middle of the middle 'finger' and there is a neck and a small 'foot'-mark: 20 years: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 7' | If Adad thunders in the middle of the Yoke : the chariot thunders. The people will see strength. |
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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