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BPO 2, text 01 A (P394259)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 2, text 01 A |
|---|---|
| ID | P394259 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 15' | If the Twins to the ukultu of Nergal |
| 19' | If the stars....... |
| 3' | If the Hired Man to the Furrow :....... |
| 16' | If the She-Goat reaches the end of a reign |
| 8' | If the Eagle... to barley |
| 13' | If the Scorpion to the quay :.... |
| 14' | If the Elamite... to.. |
| 4' | If the Pabilsag Constellation :....... |
| 7' | If the Bird... to the reed bed. |
| 2' | “If the Wagon to the sky” means... |
| 6' | If a planet... to destroy |
| 5' | If the Field... to the west.... |
| 17' | If the Yoke reaches the quay:.... |
| 9' | If the Scorpion, when it rains, will not rain... |
| 18' | If the Sun reaches the east:.... |
| 21' | If the Yoke reaches the east.... |
| 10' | If the Bristle reaches the End of a Word :.... |
| 20' | If the stars stand in front of the stars:.... |
| 12' | If the Yoke Constellation to the Assyrian |
| 11' | If the Bristle reaches the End (gloss: new break).... |
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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