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BPO 4, 201 E, K 02568 (P394518)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 201 E, K 02568 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394518 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 12' | If ditto... the Scorpion reaches the Scorpion: the winds.... |
| col 2 20' | If ditto... the Scorpion stands in...: in Eridu weapons. |
| col 2 5' | If ditto (a planet) reaches the Scorpion: the land will turn into a wall. |
| col 2 1' | If ditto....... |
| col 2 4' | Their sons seize their throne and they do not... |
| col 2 15' | ... in the city |
| col 2 10' | If ditto a star reaches the top of the Scorpion: weapons... to the land |
| col 2 19' | If ditto in... the Scorpion stands in the land of Elam: weapons. |
| col 2 14' | ... there will be... and deaths in the land.... |
| col 2 2' | king of Elam, king of... |
| col 2 6' | If ditto (the Moon) reaches the Scorpion: weapons for the land. |
| col 1 5' | You place... |
| col 2 16' | rains, in the flood, in floods,... |
| col 2 7' | If ditto (and) the Scorpion reaches the culmination of the Scorpion: weapons for the land. |
| col 1 4' | You set up... |
| col 2 8' | If ditto (the Moon) reaches the horn of the Scorpion: weapons for Marratu. |
| col 2 18' | If ditto in... the Scorpion stands in the land of Akkad: weapon(?) |
| col 2 3' | king of Guti, dead... |
| col 2 21' | If ditto in... the Scorpion stands in the land of Subartu: weapons. |
| col 2 11' | If ditto it stands at the top of the Scorpion: the ukultu-plant.... |
| col 1 3' | ... of Elam you set up. |
| col 1 6' | You set up... |
| col 2 13' | If ditto a Scorpion has struck the head... |
| col 2 17' | ...... he will conquer... to...... |
| col 1 1' | ... her... |
| col 2 9' | If ditto it stands to the north: the Scorpion will overwhelm. Weapons for Subartu. |
| col 1 2' | ... will place |
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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