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Babyloniaca 04, 125 K 00139 (P393764)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 04, 125 K 00139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393764 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| 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 6 | If a star.... |
| obverse 11 | If a star.... |
| reverse 18' | 16 years of the midst of that tablet |
| obverse 25 | ... of the mountain, god to a man. |
| reverse 8' | If ditto (a man's tongue) is like a ghost's. |
| reverse 28' | If a star is seen before a man. |
| obverse 46 | (If) a star reaches the lapis lazuli: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 4 | .... will fall. |
| obverse 14 | If a star....... |
| reverse 22' | If a star is located on the left side of the'station': the'station' will be red. |
| obverse 2 | ... enters |
| obverse 8 | If a star... is swollen |
| obverse 9 | If a star... the palace becomes stationary. |
| obverse 28 | If a star comes close to a lion: business will become stable. |
| obverse 23 | .... is praised.... |
| obverse 19 | If a sow...: she will acquire... |
| reverse 16' | If ditto (it is) like copper: the land will eat food. |
| obverse 22 | ... death |
| obverse 56 | ......... |
| obverse 42 | (If) a star reaches the horn of a star: there will be unfavorable in the land. |
| reverse 4' | ... will die from a scorpion's attack. |
| obverse 33 | If a star comes close to the mouth of a man: he will die. |
| obverse 5 | If a star.... |
| reverse 3' | ... bronze... Ea, king of the land, |
| obverse 48 | (If) a star stands in gold: there will be reconciliation in the land. |
| obverse 1 | It was the (time) that the king, my lord, called out to me |
| obverse 16 | If a man... stands... |
| reverse 26' | If a star is located on the left of a man: he will recover. |
| obverse 49 | (If) a star approaches a copper star. |
| obverse 30 | If a star rises to a fox: there will be abundance in the land. |
| obverse 45 | (If) a star flashes towards a carnelian: he will acquire a wife. |
| reverse 27' | If a star is seen in front of a man: he will recover. |
| obverse 50 | a star will turn into a star: there will be peace in the land. |
| obverse 35 | If a star rises to the eagle: there will be peace in the land. |
| obverse 43 | If a star reaches a star: there will be good floods in the land. |
| obverse 15 | ... he will conquer |
| reverse 1' | ... slaughtered |
| reverse 11' | If ditto (a man, like a lion), there will be a famine of the wide army. |
| obverse 13 | ... he will write... |
| obverse 36 | If a star reaches a iltahu-mark: he will not become good; there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 26 | If a star reaches the prostitute: the son.... |
| reverse 21' | If a star is located on the back of a man's neck: from right to left. |
| reverse 17' | If ditto, like water, the rain and flood will enter the land. |
| obverse 44 | (If) a star reaches a uu-stone: there will be radiance in the land. |
| obverse 24 | ... his god will have... |
| reverse 23' | If a star on the right of a man: he will be red in front of a man. |
| obverse 39 | If a star reaches the horn: there will be illness in the land. |
| reverse 14' | If ditto (it is) like a pappardilû-stone: the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 55 | (If) a star reaches the sheep: that house.... |
| obverse 40 | If a star approaches the sky: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 52 | a star will rage towards the sasu-disease. |
| obverse 12 | If....... |
| reverse 15' | If ditto he sees a ghost like a ghost of the land: the enemy will see him. |
| reverse 10' | If ditto (a planet rises) like a snake: Adad will devastate in front of the year. |
| reverse 20' | From the left to the right of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark. |
| reverse 5' | ... he will make his enemy in front of him. |
| obverse 27 | If a star reaches the horn: in the horn of a lion. |
| obverse 21 | If a star...: the house will become rich. |
| reverse 13' | If ditto he sees a fish: the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 29 | If a star rises to a lion: there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 2' | ... Enlil, king of the land |
| obverse 53 | (If) a star reaches the quay: there will be famine... |
| reverse 29' | 10? years, a copy of a censer with the seal of Sippar |
| obverse 51 | (If) a star reaches the lung of ama: it is favourable. |
| obverse 3 | ... will die. |
| obverse 7 | If a star... |
| obverse 54 | ... a star to smite... |
| obverse 10 | If a star.... |
| obverse 31 | If a star comes close to a dog: he will die. |
| obverse 38 | If a star carries a turban: that house will become numerous. |
| reverse 6' | If ditto, like the north wind, the people will die of Adad. |
| obverse 20 | If a sow... his... will conquer. |
| obverse 37 | (If) a star reaches a star: there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If ditto (a man, like) a lamma protective deity, (he will) die with the land. |
| obverse 47 | (If) a star rises to silver: there will be food in the land. |
| reverse 19' | If a man is surrounded by a halo and is surrounded by a halo: from the right of the man to the left of the man he will become good. |
| reverse 30' | ...... will place(?) |
| obverse 18 | If a sow...: he will acquire good... |
| obverse 32 | If a star rises to a haze: there will be no good in the land. |
| reverse 24' | If a star is located on the left of a man's face: attack of a man. |
| reverse 25' | If a star is located on the right of a man: attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 7' | The land will become happy. |
| obverse 34 | If a star reaches a fish: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 17 | If a sow... is sprinkling... |
| obverse 41 | (If) a star reaches the fat of a sheep: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 9' | If ditto a ghost is located like a ghost's house: his brother will not succeed. |
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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