Sm 1317 (P425864)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1317 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425864 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8 | If... |
| obverse 12' | If from the middle of the 'finger' a 'weapon'-mark a 'weapon'-mark 'weapon'-mark and its 'weapons' come out. |
| obverse 16' | If the Bristle reaches the Pleiades: in that year the field will diminish.... |
| obverse 17' | If the Bristle reaches the Fish:.... |
| obverse 14' | If ditto and he does not come out: the prince will seize in the wall and will not come out. |
| obverse 3' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a halo in the Old Man: |
| obverse 10' | If from the middle of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark, two 'finger'-marks are sprinkling, and the back of the 'finger' stands. |
| obverse 7' | If the Arrow is red: the land will eat food. |
| obverse 15' | If the Bristle reaches the Yoke: in that year the field will diminish.... |
| reverse 5 | If the Bristle... |
| reverse 3 | Adad will devastate Mars. |
| obverse 2' | If the Old Man is surrounded by a halo of stars: |
| reverse 4 | If the Bristle reaches the Crab: Adad will devastate |
| reverse 7 | If a star.... |
| reverse 9 | ... |
| reverse 6 | If the Pleiades... the star |
| obverse 4' | If the Old Man's stars are bright: there will be a harvest in that year. |
| obverse 8' | If in Du'uzu the Arrow, the Eagle, reaches the sesame: he will prosper. |
| obverse 5' | If the Bow reaches the Swallow:.... |
| obverse 13' | (If) a prince seizes a wall and does not come out, his property will be scattered to the palace. |
| obverse 9' | If an anomaly flashes from the top of the arrow and stands until the middle surface of the 'finger': in that month, 1 rain shower. |
| obverse 6' | (If) on a day when he sees a boat and |
| obverse 11' | If from the middle of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark, 3 'finger'-marks are located, and the left side of the 'finger' stands. |
| reverse 1 | If the Bristle reaches Marduk: in that year there will be confusion and confusion. |
| reverse 2 | If Jupiter... and.... |
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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