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ACh Suppl. Sin 22 (P425578)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Suppl. Sin 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425578 |
| 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 col 3 5 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and....... |
| obverse col 2 12' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it appears in the north: rains will come. |
| obverse col 2 17' | If in Duuzu (Month IV), on day 14, an eclipse takes place and... a red field and a... field and a... field. |
| obverse col 2 5' | If in Simanu (Month III), on the fourteenth day an eclipse takes place: the king who ascended (the throne) will die like the death of the king in Akkad. |
| obverse col 2 7' | The third year: "Abbali is the guarantor." |
| reverse col 3 2 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blew. |
| reverse col 3 17 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) an eclipse takes place and its redness... sesame.... |
| reverse col 3 12 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), from the 1st to the 30th day an eclipse takes place: there will be an eclipse; the king will die and.... |
| obverse col 2 21' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the watch becomes eclipsed. |
| reverse col 3 15 | If in Duuzu (Month IV), on day 44, an eclipse takes place: the moon will become visible. |
| reverse col 3 7 | If in Duuzu (IV) on the 19th day an eclipse takes place: the king.... |
| obverse col 2 10' | If in Duuzu (IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it appears in the east: the king's prince will die. |
| obverse col 2 8' | The harvest of the land will not prosper; the heart of the land will diminish; the land will diminish. |
| reverse col 3 19' | If in Abu (Month V) an eclipse takes place: the harvest of the land will devastate |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... in |
| reverse col 3 8 | If in Duuzu (Month IV), on the 20th day an eclipse takes place: fall of Elam and Subartu. |
| obverse col 2 20' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the lord of light reaches the sky. |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... small barley rations |
| obverse col 2 16' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the moon is black: the angry gods will return to the land. |
| obverse col 2 18' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it is good: the enemy will plunder. |
| obverse col 2 6' | rains in the sky, floods in the river after that, Adad will devastate |
| obverse col 2 4' | ...... in... ditto. |
| reverse col 3 9 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 20th day an eclipse takes place and the earth reaches the sun: the land will be well. |
| obverse col 2 13' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it appears in the east and it is bright: in the west wind the harvest will prosper. |
| reverse col 3 3 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind.... |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... there will be |
| obverse col 2 15' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it is white: the moon will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse col 2 2' | ......... |
| reverse col 3 14 | sesame... |
| reverse col 3 1 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind blew. |
| reverse col 3 18' | If in Abu (Month V) an eclipse takes place: Adad will devastate in the land. |
| obverse col 2 22' | If in the city |
| reverse col 3 11 | Ditto: destruction of the land.... |
| reverse col 3 20' | If in Abu (Month V), an eclipse takes place in the morning watch: the prince's eunuchs will revolt against him. |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... is small |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... |
| obverse col 1 9' | ..., it is favourable. |
| obverse col 2 19' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a talent will diminish in the land of Akkad. |
| reverse col 3 4 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) on the 15th day an eclipse takes place and the north wind....... |
| reverse col 3 13 | The walls are destroyed, the small cities are destroyed. If it is acceptable to the king, city and people, and... |
| obverse col 1 6' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... the small lands |
| obverse col 2 9' | The people of that land will pay their sons for silver and.... |
| reverse col 3 16 | If in Duuzu (Month IV), on the 25th day an eclipse takes place: ama will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... cattle(?) |
| reverse col 3 6 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the 16th day, an eclipse takes place: there will be famine, and.... |
| obverse col 1 15' | ..... |
| obverse col 2 11' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and it appears in the east: the king will become hostile to the king. |
| obverse col 2 14' | If in Duuzu (IV) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a star sets: there will be hunger in the land. |
| reverse col 3 10 | If in Du'uzu (Month IV), on the first day an eclipse takes place: Adad will devastate the sea; water will flow from the river. |
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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