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Sm 1404 (P425897)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1404 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425897 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 11' | ............ |
| 2' | ... black... on the 3rd day |
| 9' | If the Moon, when it rises,... horn in it: the land will become happy. |
| 8' | ... an eclipse which had not occurred in its entirety... |
| 7' | If the Moon at its feet is not covered with reeds:....... |
| 6' | If the Moon is dark, all of it: an eclipse will take place. : If the Moon is black: it will take place.... |
| 5' | ... 30... |
| 10' | If the moon's horns at its appearance are dark: there will be an eclipse. |
| 4' | If the Moon at its appearance is dark: there will be no rejoicing in it... |
| 3' | If the Moon at its appearance is black: Nergal. |
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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