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BPO 4, 202 I, K 05961+ (P396294)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 I, K 05961+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P396294 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 24' | If Jupiter enters its right horn: a strong king will overthrow the hand of Ea in the land. |
| 30' | ... sunset to moonrise |
| 16' | If Jupiter stands in front of the moon: the king of Mari will die. |
| 10' | If Jupiter to the moon... an eclipse(?)... king of Akkad |
| 25' | If Jupiter reaches its left horn : the king will approach. |
| 20' | If Jupiter stands in between the horns of the moon: in that year an eclipse of the moon and ama will take place and the king will die. |
| 21' | If Jupiter stands in the midst of the moon: in that year the great king will die.... |
| 15' | If Jupiter stands behind the moon: there will be an enemy in the land. |
| 23' | If Jupiter enters inside ama |
| 27' | If Jupiter comes out to the front of the moon: there will be a enemy in the land. |
| 1' | If Jupiter approaches the Crab: the harvest of Akkad will prosper. :.... |
| 4' | If Jupiter and Scorpio are bright: a cloudburst will rage. |
| 14' | If Jupiter stands in front of the moon: the great king will die. |
| 7' | If Jupiter enters inside ama: the harvest of the land will diminish. |
| 9' | If Jupiter to the moon... an eclipse of the king of Akkad : he will die. |
| 17' | If Jupiter stands in front of the Moon: the king of Akkad will die. |
| 29' | If Jupiter... gives birth to the king, his father. |
| 19' | If Jupiter stands in the horn of the moon: in that year the king of the world will die. |
| 18' | If Jupiter stands in the middle of the horn of the moon: in that year the kings will take away the dead. |
| 28' | If Jupiter comes out to...: the king of Elam will fall in battle. |
| 31' | ...... ditto: fall of.... |
| 6' | If Jupiter reaches a star and approaches it: in that year the governor of Akkad will die and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| 2' | If Jupiter comes close to the kusarikku-tree: there will be floods in the land. |
| 11' | If Jupiter stands at the side of the moon: a famine will rage. |
| 12' | If Jupiter stands on the left of the moon: there will be deaths in Akkad. |
| 26' | If Jupiter reaches its right and left: the king will send hostile messages to the king. |
| 5' | means "the gods will be given over the land." |
| 3' | If Jupiter in Taritu (Month VII) comes close to the branches of the sky (means): the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| 8' | If Jupiter approaches ama: there will be death. |
| 13' | If Jupiter stands in the left of the Moon: there will be deaths in the land of Amurru. |
| 22' | If Jupiter enters the moon: there will be famine in the land of Amurru, the king of Elam will die. |
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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