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VAT.10718 (ebl:VAT.10718)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VAT.10718 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:VAT.10718 |
| Museum no. | VAT.10718 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8' | If Adad - he is ill without his permission, he will die. |
| reverse 16' | ... will take place in the land. |
| reverse 19' | ... of the city |
| reverse 7' | ... on the day that the wall was not visible... |
| reverse 13' | ... gusty wind, the harvest of the land will diminish |
| reverse 4' | ... does not see(?)... the city |
| obverse? 10' | If there is a mole on the right side of the gall bladder: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse? 13' | If a star reaches a mole: illness will occur in the land. |
| obverse? 9' | If there is a mole on the..., there will be unfavorable omens in the land. |
| obverse? 2' | ...... |
| obverse? 5' | If a star rises to a lion: there will be an awe-inspiring radiance in the land. |
| reverse 14' | ... stood,... the city |
| reverse 18' | ... the city |
| obverse? 11' | If a star rises to the rear of the gall bladder: there will be no good in the land. |
| obverse? 7' | If a star comes close to a dog: there will be no famine in the land. |
| obverse? 8' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse? 14' | If a star......... there will be... in the land. |
| obverse? 3' | ... is seen from the west and in the east |
| obverse? 12' | If a star reaches the...: there will be a severe famine in the land. |
| reverse 10' | If Adad... his limbs: there will be a famine. |
| reverse 11' | If Adad reaches its normal length: the harvest |
| reverse 9' | ... rain... the harvest of the land will diminish |
| reverse 15' | ... he set up. The life of the city... |
| obverse? 4' | ... enemy city |
| reverse 2' | ... without his permission,... |
| reverse 6' | ... he returned to its original place and opened the door...... |
| reverse 5' | ... not his own... the king...... |
| reverse 17' | ....... |
| obverse? 6' | If a star rises to a lion: there will be abundance in the land. |
| reverse 3' | ... who does not have... and opens the eyes... |
| reverse 12' | If Adad is located in a place not befitting him: rains will occur. |
Sources & licences
- 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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