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1882-03-23, 0074 unpublished unassigned ? (P452562)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1882-03-23, 0074 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452562 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 8' | If in ebtu (Month X), the harvest will be favourable. Nisaba (means) : If in aba (Month X), |
| col 2' 16' | If in ebtu (Month X), there will be... in the land. : If in abau (Month XI) |
| col 2' 10' | If in Nisannu (I) Adad thunders and the day is overcast: rain (and) rain. |
| col 2' 6' | If in Ululu (Month VI) Adad and Nergal will devour the land :. |
| col 2' 4' | If in Ayyaru (Month III).... |
| col 2' 13' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV): the king will die and the son of the king will seize the throne. : If in Abu (V): the son of the king will die and the king will make his brothers disappear. |
| col 1' 1' | ... TIR.AN.NA... |
| col 2' 14' | If in Ululu (Month VI) a carp flood seizes the garden : (variant:) If in Taritu (Month VII)... people will eat their flesh. |
| col 2' 5' | If in Duuzu the second year of the harvest. |
| col 1' 5' | ... there will be |
| col 2' 9' | If in Addaru (Month XII) the south wind blows and the locusts(?) |
| col 2' 2' | ...... |
| col 1' 4' | ... |
| col 2' 12' | If in Ayyaru (II) a small bull will not be spotted in the field. : |
| col 1' 3' | ...... |
| col 1' 2' | ... is placed |
| col 2' 1' | ...... |
| col 2' 15' | If in Arasamnu (Month IV) there is a and the harvest of the land will prosper (or): if in Kislimu (Month IX) Adad will devastate |
| col 2' 11' | (If) a lightning flashes like fire in the middle of a cloud: end of the reign of Zishannu. |
| col 2' 3' | If in Nisannu (Month I)........ |
| col 2' 7' | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), on day..., rain not.... |
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- 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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