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BPO 4, 202 F, K 04052 (P395375)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 F, K 04052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395375 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 15' | If ditto for clearing ditto for clearing.... |
| obverse 24' | ... tablet |
| reverse 18' | If ditto a man's head... |
| reverse 2' | If ditto and Dilbad... the land... |
| obverse 21' | If ditto... Dilbat ditto: he will stand there. For the second year.... |
| obverse 2' | If ditto to a man |
| obverse 22' | ... he will give back... to the 3rd year... |
| obverse 9' | If ditto (it stands) on the right of Venus:.... |
| reverse 16' | in the land of Elam |
| reverse 11' | If ditto a Scorpion reaches the top of the Scorpion.... |
| obverse 17' | If ditto, it is surrounded by a halo, its appearance is bright. |
| reverse 12' | ... there will be field in Akkad, for 2 shekels of silver. |
| obverse 8' | If ditto a planet stands behind Venus: for the second year.... |
| obverse 10' | If ditto he approaches Venus:... |
| reverse 10' | If ditto he enters into Dilbad: the king will die and the son of the king will kill him with a weapon. |
| reverse 1' | ... Dilbad(?)... the strength of the people |
| obverse 4' | If ditto in front of Nergal |
| obverse 1' | If ditto....... |
| reverse 19' | in the land...... |
| obverse 12' | There will be severe famine in the land. The people will be scattered. |
| obverse 3' | If ditto a star....... |
| obverse 11' | If ulpae stands inside the horn of the Scorpion: rains in the sky; floods in the river.... |
| obverse 19' | If ditto (it stands) behind Venus: the land of Elam will stand in weapons. |
| obverse 14' | If ditto he comes out to the side of the moon: the son of the king, his father, will become angry. |
| reverse 3' | If ditto and Dilbad... and they have become reconciled |
| reverse 13' | If ditto a Scorpion reaches the middle of the Scorpion: in Akkad there will be a field. |
| reverse 14' | If ditto for the tail of the Scorpion it reaches the Scorpion: in Akkad the field will prosper. |
| reverse 5' | If ditto and ditto Dilimbur is given and he gives birth.... |
| reverse 9' | If ditto (the moon) rises and follows (the moon): the flood will come and. |
| obverse 23' | ... the king of his land... |
| obverse 6' | If ditto (a man) passes through the right of a sheep: Adad(?) |
| obverse 7' | If ditto he stands in front of Venus: for the first year. |
| reverse 8' | If ditto (it is) with Dilbad, it will cross over(?) the earth |
| obverse 15' | If ditto a man ditto and ama is eclipsed: the king of Akkad. |
| reverse 17' | If ditto... to the incantation of the Scorpion....... |
| obverse 20' | If ditto it stands in front of Dilbad: in that year. |
| reverse 4' | If ditto Dilbad... property |
| obverse 5' | If ditto (a man) goes behind the Sun:.... |
| obverse 18' | If ditto (a man) passes to the west: the dwelling of peace will be good for the land. |
| reverse 7' | If ditto (it stands) behind Dilimbur: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 6' | If ditto ditto Dilimbur rises and he sees a storm.... |
| obverse 16' | If ditto a cloud is set: the land.... |
| obverse 13' | If ditto a Scorpion reaches the neck of the Scorpion: in the land 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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