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AAT pl. 48 (1879-07-08, 48) (P451810)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 48 (1879-07-08, 48) |
|---|---|
| ID | P451810 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6' | ... : In that month, there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 15' | If Adad thunders and the fog which flares like a fire: there will be illness in Subartu. |
| reverse 8' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| reverse 1' | [Month...,...th day, eponym year of] Enlil. |
| reverse 4' | The first-fruits offerings, the offerings of the scribal art, |
| obverse 3' | If... lightning flashes: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 7' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 18' | (If) there are illness in Subartu and men and women will not live in the rebellious land. |
| obverse 12' | (If) a baby is born by the command of the Divine Judge. |
| obverse 13' | If Adad thunders and lightning flashes: |
| reverse 2' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 9' | If... a lightning flashes: there will be a severe famine in the land. |
| reverse 5' | Whoever among the kings who came before me, does not accept that work. |
| obverse 14' | They are present in the land of Akkad, and they do not place men and slaves in the word of ama. |
| obverse 7' | If... lightning flashes: the head of a fire which was like fire, will become stationary to the east. |
| obverse 17' | If Adad thunders and lightning flashes like fire: |
| obverse 2' | ... GIS.HI.A (means) : she will approach the scepter. |
| obverse 4' | ... he did not go to the threshing floor for grain. |
| reverse 6' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who carries out your sand dunes, as many as there are |
| obverse 10' | ... may there be joy. |
| obverse 16' | (If) a baby is born in the word of a solar disk |
| obverse 1' | If... is covered in a cloud: he will die. |
| obverse 8' | ... are placed in the word of ama and he will not live. The city will die. |
| reverse 3' | who Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| obverse 5' | If... a lightning flashes like fire: it will become stationary in a fog. |
| obverse 11' | If Adad thunders and the fog which flares like a fire: there will be illness in Akkad. |
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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