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Sm 0243 (P425315)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425315 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 4' | You mix with.... |
| bottom 1 | If ditto and not...: the lord of the land will rule and the temples will be destroyed. |
| obverse 3' | If ditto and he does not have (them)... one... |
| reverse 9 | If ditto and for his own life he is ill: the king of Akkad will destroy all the lands. |
| reverse 5 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo: that land will expand. |
| obverse 11' | If ditto and ama stands in an arrow: the gods will be exalted in the sky. |
| reverse 12 | ...... and |
| obverse 10' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, or a father or a shepherd:.... |
| reverse 1 | If ditto and they are covered in red: there will be hostilities in the land and the land will not prosper. |
| obverse 12' | (If) they are dark: there will be frost in the sky, because of the eclipse, because of the rain, because of the rain. |
| reverse 15 | ......... |
| reverse 11 | The king's reign will be long, the king's reign will be long. |
| reverse 4 | he will make a plan for an eclipse and |
| obverse 5' | The king to the king.... |
| reverse 10 | That which is present on the 14th day. |
| reverse 13 | ... land |
| obverse 7' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, or a ghost or a ghost: there will be fish. |
| reverse 2 | which in the threshing floor was shaved, and if it is good, |
| obverse 8' | (If) there is a flood in the land of Adad:... of the land of Adad will say: |
| bottom 2 | ... the king(?) of the land(?) |
| reverse 7 | If ditto and the day is not overcast: that land will be scattered. |
| reverse 8 | (If) on the 28th day the moon stands on the left: the land will become frightened. |
| obverse 9' | If ditto and the north wind blew: the king of the gods will raise his head. |
| obverse 1' | ...... in the land... |
| obverse 6' | the king of the land of the enemy... his beloved sin |
| obverse 2' | ... the army(?) |
| reverse 6 | You say: "It is good to see if it is good" — |
| reverse 14 | ... |
| reverse 3 | If ditto and the night is dark: the land of Akkad will recover. |
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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