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AAT pl. 54-55 (P426333)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 54-55 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426333 |
| 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 26' | If an eclipse afflicts the land of Elam |
| obverse 9' | If in the beginning of a month there is a mole on the top of a lunar halo, there will be famine. |
| reverse 24' | ... heard... ama seized |
| obverse 11' | If the day reaches its normal length, and the sun sets: famine. |
| obverse 12' | If on the day of the prince the earth is surrounded by a halo: the people will die. |
| reverse 2' | If in Nisannu (Month I)... in the middle of the sky(?) |
| obverse 19' | If its light is yellow: the king will not end; the king will not dwell in the land. |
| obverse 4' | If on the 28th day it is dark: the gods. |
| reverse 12' | (If)... a fire rages in the sky: Adad. |
| reverse 4' | If 5 ewes are located: the enemy will devastate.... |
| reverse 9' | If the sun... on its left: Ninsiana... the land will be destroyed... |
| reverse 10' | ... the south and south winds... inside it Adad... |
| obverse 34' | .... |
| reverse 22' | ... has gone out(?) |
| obverse 28' | If an eclipse takes place: to the land of Amurru. |
| obverse 10' | If on the day... : (variant:) in the red of a month, a storm will take place. |
| obverse 18' | If its light is not large: the king's wall will die and his son will die in the throne. |
| reverse 5' | If a solar disk reaches its normal length and reaches its normal length: there will be hostilities of Guti. |
| reverse 6' | If the sun rises and a cloud which sets in front of it: a cloudburst will seize it. |
| obverse 23' | If in the month of Nisannu (I) (the moon) is eclipsed on the 26th day: there will be an eclipse; no king will die and the throne will seize the throne. |
| obverse 8' | If in the future... the sun rises: the king will prevail over the king : over that land.... |
| reverse 14' | If the sun is surrounded by a halo and it is covered in a halo:.... |
| obverse 14' | If... is dark: the king will be shut up. Ditto: he will be kept in his palace. |
| reverse 26' | ... ala... |
| obverse 15' | If ditto... in his palace |
| obverse 1' | (If) he sees a sow...: before the sows, ditto. |
| reverse 25' | ... king... king of the land |
| obverse 17' | If his day is strong, he is not a king, he will place kingship on his kingship. |
| reverse 21' | ...... burna-bur-ea |
| reverse 3' | If the 20th, in its midst,....... |
| obverse 13' | If the sun is surrounded by a rainbow: the enemy's land will take place. ditto. |
| reverse 23' | ...... and land |
| obverse 16' | If he enters and the star of evil : Mars will be bright. |
| obverse 31' | ... to..., |
| obverse 6' | On the 29th day ama heard the Anunnaki and ama. |
| reverse 16' | If the sun... its light does not appear....... |
| obverse 27' | If an eclipse (= EAE 24(25) I 20) approaches Akkad |
| obverse 3' | If on the 27th day it is dark: the... of the land.... |
| obverse 30' | ... on the south side |
| reverse 20' | ... Urdu-Enlil |
| reverse 13' | If a day... and Adad... Adad |
| obverse 25' | If the Sun... emerges: the king of the land will die. |
| obverse 29' | If in Nisannu (I) the sun is eclipsed: in the year... and the north wind blows: destruction of Elam to the land.... |
| obverse 20' | If its day reaches its normal length: fire will fall. |
| obverse 21' | If the sun is seen on the day of the moon on the black day: there will be an eclipse and nobody will see it. |
| obverse 2' | If on the 26th day it is dark:... will occur. |
| obverse 5' | (If) they are stricken: she will die : she will die. |
| obverse 33' | ... year 1 |
| reverse 19' | 33? years... the guardian of heaven... |
| obverse 22' | (If) there is an evil curse and the king is killed: the king.... |
| reverse 8' | If an anomaly - the land will be destroyed - may a strong enemy destroy it. |
| reverse 18' | If the sun rises and.... |
| obverse 24' | If the sun at its eclipse receives Mars: wild animals will be killed. |
| obverse 32' | ... of the heavens |
| reverse 11' | ................... he overwhelmed the land... |
| reverse 17' | If the sun in the land... its light is yellow-green... |
| obverse 7' | If on the 30th day he emerges: there will be famine in the wild bull. :.... |
| reverse 15' | If a lightning flashes (in) a cloud: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 7' | If the sun comes out at its appearance: there will be famine and famine. |
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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