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1881-02-04, 0204 unpublished unassigned ? (P452133)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1881-02-04, 0204 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452133 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| 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 19 | ... in the sky, dark, unceasing, in the land, there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 10 | ...... strong(?) enemy |
| reverse 7' | If in Nisannu the Fish becomes visible: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 4 | If a star flashes and its horns are swollen: the day will be long. |
| obverse 11 | ...... he strews... of the heart of the city and goes out to the ground and he will eat in the land. |
| obverse 5 | This sign is good or that of the owner of the house that is all of the land. |
| reverse 2' | ... will see.... : If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), ditto.... |
| obverse 1 | If......: there will be deaths. |
| obverse 12 | (If) Adad thunders: the harvest of the land will devastate Adad(?) |
| reverse 9' | If the Bow reaches the Field: the land of Elam will become happy. |
| obverse 7 | Be present in his truth, place in it a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, |
| obverse 6 | (If) he is ill: there will be truth and truth; he will become rich; he will become rich. |
| obverse 8 | ... is black(?), ditto(?), it is surrounded by a dark spot, and its appearance is swollen(?). |
| obverse 15 | ...... a lion and its horns... a fire? ditto... in that year, rain not rain? |
| reverse 11' | If in the month of... the star is seen: fish and birds will devour. Fish will fall in the river. |
| obverse 16 | ............ the gods... the angry land : weeping in the land. |
| obverse 13 | If a star is yellow-green(?), the diprû-demon(?) rises from sunrise to sunset: the enemy's army will fall. |
| reverse 12' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 18 | ... in the sky... a strong storm... |
| reverse 8' | If in Abu the Bow becomes visible: he will become good. |
| obverse 14 | ... the diprû-demon(?), from sunrise to sunset,... the city (is) my right, I will conquer(?) : my army (is) seized(?) |
| reverse 5' | If in Taritu the Field becomes visible: the king's days will be long. |
| obverse 9 | ... will take place in the land. The king will send angry messages to the king. |
| obverse 20 | ... in the sky is yellow: there will be deaths in the land. Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 2 | If... ama stands there: the prince will die. |
| reverse 10' | If in Ululu (VI) the Crab becomes visible: the barley will prosper. |
| reverse 4' | ... will see.... : If in Addaru (XII) ditto |
| reverse 3' | ... will see.... : If in ebtu (Month X), ditto |
| obverse 3 | ... the Wagon is bright: the king of Akkad will die. |
| reverse 6' | If in Nisannu (I) the Panther becomes visible: the fifth year will come into Akkad by the command of Erra. |
| obverse 21 | ... in the sky...... |
| obverse 17 | ... their... in that year rain |
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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