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Nisaba 2, pl. V 1 (P451999)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. V 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P451999 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | (If) it is surrounded by a rainbow (and) it is surrounded by a fog: the enemy will diminish. |
| 6' | If the Moon... a thigh in its belly: a curse.... |
| 9' | If a man is seized by famine: there will be famine in the land.... |
| 1' | ......... |
| 11' | ...... : in an eclipse... |
| 4' | If a pig eats a pig's tongue, there will be famine. |
| 2' | ...... |
| 8' | If the front of the south wind blows: there will be a flood in the land. The people... |
| 10' | If he is a saqummtu-demon, he will experience a famine in the land, he will see... |
| 7' | If the Moon becomes visible on the 20th day: the king of the land will devastate his enemy. |
| 12' | ... earth-tree(?) |
| 5' | If he is a sage, he will become a king, he will become a king in the land. |
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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