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Babyloniaca 06, 253 (P394696)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Babyloniaca 06, 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394696 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 7' | The gods will have mercy on the Westland. |
| reverse 1' | If Venus reaches its position: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 18' | If Venus at its left horn is surrounded by a halo:... will stand on its right. |
| obverse 17' | The eponymy of the land of Amurru is favourable. |
| obverse 8' | If Venus becomes stationary 6 months in the path of Anu. |
| obverse 10' | If Venus becomes stationary 6 months: the campaign of Enlil will become stationary and stand there. The gods will make peace with Babylon. |
| reverse 4' | ... Adad made him rise up to the land... |
| obverse 2' | Elam he made bow down. |
| obverse 4' | If Venus rises in the path of Enlil: Uruk will become confused. |
| obverse 15' | He will conquer it with him. That land will dwell in quiet. |
| reverse 7' | ... the scribe wrote... |
| obverse 1' | If Venus rises in the path of Ea: the Westland will become confused. |
| obverse 22' | If Venus in ama... in ama |
| obverse 9' | May the gods make peace with Elam! |
| reverse 2' | ..... he made bow down and... |
| reverse 3' | ................... |
| obverse 3' | If Venus rises in the path of the Anu stars: Elam. |
| reverse 5' | If in Nisan (I) Adad thunders: the barley will diminish. |
| obverse 13' | If Venus becomes visible in the path of Enlil: the king of Ur will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 6' | If Venus reaches the 5th month of the path of Ea and stands there: |
| obverse 12' | If Venus becomes visible in the path of Anu: the king of Elam will have no rival. |
| obverse 20' | If Venus rises in the west in ama:.... |
| obverse 21' | If Venus in the west... |
| reverse 6' | If the Moon rejoicing and like its seed....... |
| obverse 16' | If Venus becomes visible in the Inner City: there will be rain in the sky. |
| obverse 5' | Elam has been smitten. |
| obverse 19' | If Venus stands in its left side:... Mars stands in its left side. |
| obverse 11' | If Venus becomes visible in the path of Ea: the king of the land of Amurru will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 14' | If Venus does not set its position: the king of Elam |
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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