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Babyloniaca 04, 125 K 02292 (P394327)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 04, 125 K 02292 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394327 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 30 | If a hole... |
| reverse col 4 23 | If a man, on the day of the day of the moon’s disappearance |
| obverse col 1 18' | If Marduk ditto: year 10 of the land, the land will eat food. |
| obverse col 2 16' | strong... troops?... |
| reverse col 4 26 | ... I conquered. |
| obverse col 1 13' | If a man ditto: the gods will enter the land. The land will become happy. |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... and the land |
| reverse col 4 1 | If a star reaches the path of the army: the army....... |
| reverse col 4 17 | He smote the land and turned it into a ruin hill and its appearance will be forgotten. |
| reverse col 4 32 | ... from sunrise |
| obverse col 1 21' | If the Yoke Constellation ditto: destruction of the land. |
| obverse col 1 24' | If the Shepherd of Anu ditto: the king, the lord, will make his reign last long. |
| obverse col 2 6' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 15 | If a mole is covered in white wool:.... |
| reverse col 4 16 | If a star flashes from the north to the west all day |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... the U.PA-demon overwhelmed the meha-demon in the land. |
| obverse col 2 15' | If a sorcery falls on a day: |
| reverse col 4 6 | If a star flashes from the east to the south and the Field |
| reverse col 4 20 | (If) he hears this, he hears the death of my army, he will conquer my army. |
| reverse col 3 10 | The land will not.... |
| obverse col 1 33' | If Scorpius ditto: death of the king of that land. |
| obverse col 2 13' | If a sow falls on a day and stands there: |
| obverse col 1 23' | If a star ditto: the king of Elam and the king of Guti will die. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If an anomaly... |
| reverse col 3 8 | the land...... |
| obverse col 1 14' | If the Eagle ditto: Mars will destroy the cattle of the land. |
| obverse col 1 29' | If the Nintu ditto (and) the small ones of the middle of the sky will die (means): deaths. |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... will diminish; the harvest will prosper... |
| obverse col 1 28' | If the Kidney Star ditto: the harvest will prosper. |
| reverse col 3 14 | Mercury was a lion... |
| obverse col 2 22' | (If) there is an eclipse... |
| obverse col 1 30' | ... he will die and he will defeat the sea. |
| obverse col 2 21' | If an anomaly... in the morning watch... |
| reverse col 4 12 | If a year reaches the Scorpius and it stretches from the Lower Sea to the Lower Sea: rain will come. |
| obverse col 1 20' | If the Pabilsag Constellation ditto: there will be hunger and famine. |
| reverse col 4 31 | ... harvest of the land of Adad will devastate. |
| obverse col 1 25' | (If) he is ill for a long time and he dies. |
| reverse col 4 4 | If a star rises from the west and enters the moon: there will be hostility. |
| obverse col 1 6' | ..... the one who dwells |
| reverse col 3 20 | The king will die and after.... |
| reverse col 4 28 | ...... the king he conquered. |
| obverse col 2 17' | If a sorcery falls on a cloudy day and stands there: |
| reverse col 4 18 | If a star rises in the evening from east to west: |
| reverse col 4 2 | If a star flares up from the west and enters inside Lisi: there will be hostility. |
| obverse col 2 7' | The prince will go on a campaign.... |
| obverse col 1 27' | If the Kidney Star ditto: storm will attack, and the land will eat. |
| obverse col 1 31' | If Mars ditto: the cattle of the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 4 24 | he strews (it) to ama, and its horns twofold, and its horns |
| obverse col 2 8' | If there is a mole on the heavens: an eclipse. |
| reverse col 4 8 | If a year goes from the west to the east: three years the land will experience evil. |
| reverse col 3 16 | If a mole is red ditto:.... |
| reverse col 3 34' | If Anu is dark: he will set towards the south. |
| obverse col 1 22' | If the Pleiades ditto: word of the god. |
| reverse col 4 14 | If a star rises from east to west and sets. |
| obverse col 2 11' | Of the crown... |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... Venus (means) ditto: in Akkad the harvest will prosper. |
| obverse col 2 10' | If an anomaly... |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... her stars... |
| reverse col 3 13 | If a parasite which like |
| reverse col 3 11 | If an anomaly that... like a... |
| reverse col 3 7 | If an anomaly that... like a... |
| reverse col 3 9 | If an anomaly that... like a... |
| obverse col 1 15' | If the Kidney Star ditto: the king will die and his land will be abandoned. |
| obverse col 2 12' | If a sow gives birth to a sow in a day: fall of my army. |
| reverse col 4 7 | he went out and, in the west, the third year, the land will experience famine. |
| obverse col 2 2' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 23' | ... slave... |
| obverse col 1 34' | (If) ditto: the land will be destroyed; the king will be negligent. |
| reverse col 3 6 | (If) an eclipse takes place and in....... |
| obverse col 2 9' | The king... |
| reverse col 4 3 | If a star enters from the west and enters the midst of Niru: there will be hostility. |
| obverse col 1 11' | If the Westland ditto: there will be famine in the land of Subartu and Elam. |
| obverse col 2 14' | ... enemy troops... |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... a snake ditto: death of a snake and a scorpion. |
| obverse col 1 16' | If the Yoke ditto: the harvest of the land will prosper. There will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse col 3 18 | If a mole is yellow: ditto.... |
| reverse col 4 33 | ... will fall in her throne. |
| reverse col 4 10 | If a star rises from the south to the north. |
| reverse col 4 30 | ......... is present and the people will be seized. |
| reverse col 4 11 | The chief of the hand is killed and the king of Amurru is killed. |
| obverse col 1 32' | If a planet... ditto: destruction of cattle of the land of Akkad. |
| obverse col 2 18' | strong... my army?... |
| reverse col 3 12 | ... in the word of the king, I will... |
| reverse col 3 17 | If a black anomaly ditto:.... |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... Marduk ditto. |
| reverse col 3 22 | the enemy's first appearance.... |
| reverse col 3 24 | the enemy's first appearance.... |
| obverse col 2 5' | Wording for a king |
| reverse col 3 21 | If an anomaly... from.... |
| reverse col 3 4 | ... or a conquest... |
| reverse col 4 5 | If that star does not come out 3 times and is not good. |
| reverse col 4 25 | He hears his prayer and his prayer and places it. |
| obverse col 1 26' | If the Arrow ditto: Ninurta will be the throne of the gods. |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... to... |
| obverse col 1 8' | The son of the king will seize the throne. |
| obverse col 1 19' | If the Shepherd of Anu ditto (is) a hostile man. |
| reverse col 4 9 | If a star flares up from the middle of the sky and sets in the west: strong attack in the land. |
| obverse col 2 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 19 | In the middle of the night it thundered, and |
| obverse col 1 36' | ...... the land, the lord |
| obverse col 2 20' | lion... in the ground.... |
| reverse col 4 22 | (If) he goes out to the east and he sees a storm: attack of the enemy's troops against the land; the enemy will devour the land. |
| reverse col 3 3 | If there is a mole on the right side,... |
| obverse col 1 17' | If the King ditto: in that year the kings of the land will die. |
| reverse col 3 1 | If a fog which... like a fog:... |
| reverse col 3 33' | If Anu is stricken:... |
| reverse col 3 26 | .... |
| reverse col 3 28 | .... |
| reverse col 4 27 | If a star reaches the day: attack of a enemy; there will be hostilities in the land. |
| reverse col 3 25 | If an anomaly... |
| reverse col 3 27 | If an anomaly... |
| reverse col 3 19 | If a moth which like.... |
| reverse col 3 2 | Adad... |
| reverse col 4 21 | If a star at the end of the day is dark: from the west |
| reverse col 4 15 | (If) he sees and he sees a bump: the enemy will fall in battle. |
| reverse col 4 13 | Its horns are yellow: the king will die. |
| obverse col 2 3' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 23 | If a hole... |
| reverse col 3 29 | ... half... |
| reverse col 3 31 | ... half... |
| reverse col 3 32 | ... half... |
| obverse col 2 19' | If a hole in the guard... |
| obverse col 1 35' | If a man ditto: sesame, dates, and grain will not prosper. |
| reverse col 4 29 | ... he will die and he will die with him. |
| reverse col 3 5 | If there is a mole on the right side of... |
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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