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1881-07-27, 0134 unpublished unassigned ? (P452404)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1881-07-27, 0134 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452404 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | In that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 18th day, the 19th day, the 21st day. |
| 9' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and a red star stands in it. |
| 10' | [The reign of the king] is overturned. Adad will devastate (and) attack the enemy and the land will diminish. |
| 4' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a halo and the Bow stands in it: the king will be well. |
| 3' | You set up an eclipse and you make it as clear as before. |
| 5' | ... and the journeys of the land will bring about the defeat of the land. |
| 2' | In that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 18th day, the 20th day, the 21st day, |
| 1' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a halo and a star stands inside it: in a month there will be an attack of the enemy. : (If) a woman.... |
| 8' | You set up an eclipse and you make it as clear as before. |
| 6' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a halo and the Crab stands in it: 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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