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Sm 0948 (P425675)
CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0948 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425675 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology |
| 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 8' | ... anointed with oil his hand, with a god; |
| obverse 9' | (If) he is ill for illness: his hand will not be loosened, he will not be loosened. |
| obverse 7' | ... of a god, he entrusted me with the offering, he entrusted me with the offering. |
| reverse 6' | If on the 23rd day: festival of ama and Adad. |
| reverse 3' | ... barley... |
| reverse 5' | The 'weapon'-demon'-demon'-demon's 'hand'-lifting... with the god. |
| obverse 12' | Its ritual: You place (it) in the shepherd’s cloister and you see it. |
| obverse 6' | Its ritual: you place (it) to the Pleiades. Your offering for ama, Blet-ri |
| reverse 4' | The king gave his offerings to ama and Blet-Kr. |
| obverse 11' | The construction of his house should be carried out correctly; there will be no illness. |
| obverse 14' | It was not a year, it was not a year, it was not a year, the king's chariot was not a year. |
| reverse 10' | The king gave his offerings to Bel-ekalli and Nin-ekal. |
| obverse 15' | He did not speak kindly with the scribal art. |
| obverse 16' | (If) a king gives birth to Gula and he is well: he will become happy. |
| obverse 1' | ... Uruk |
| obverse 13' | shepherd of the people, suckling, who does not eat fire. |
| reverse 2' | ... barley of an eclipse |
| obverse 8' | If the anomaly of Gula (is located) on the day of the barley. |
| obverse 4' | If on the 18th day of the moon and the 2nd day of the barley: the fisherman will kill a bird. |
| obverse 2' | ... the king... his offerings. |
| obverse 5' | ... as much as the incantation-demon which he entered his house |
| reverse 7' | The king gave his offerings to ama and Adad. |
| reverse 9' | If on the 24th day: decision of Bl-ekalli, Bl-ekalli, decision of Itar. |
| obverse 17' | If on the 20th day: he will give life. |
| obverse 10' | Because Babu did not restore his house, his feet were not smashed. |
| reverse 1' | ... in the netherworld |
| obverse 3' | ... Ningal will seize him for the 30th time. |
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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