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WO 26, 27-42 (P396574)
Astral sciences, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | WO 26, 27-42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396574 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| 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 15' | (If) a star stands on the right of the lung: the star. |
| reverse 5' | (If) a star sets on the right of the Finger: attack of a star. |
| obverse 13' | (If) a star stands at the left side of the lung: the star of a rainbow. |
| obverse 24' | (If) a star is surrounded by a star: a snake. |
| reverse 17' | (If) a star is surrounded by a dog's tongue: a star.... |
| reverse 10' | (If) a planet becomes visible: the star stands at the left side of the ox. |
| obverse 4' | The Lion, the KADU8-star, the star...... |
| reverse 18' | 3 stars stand in front of the horns. The inscription is 2, there will be famine. |
| obverse 5' | 2 jars of shallots:... will become much. |
| obverse 29' | the star KA.MUI.KU.E, the star of Venus, which is called Anunitu, |
| reverse 21' | ... of the agarlû-priest,... umaya, the scribe. |
| reverse 3' | The star of the duck, the star of Capricorn and the star of the 'cap' of the Kidney Star. |
| obverse 20' | The star of Venus is... first appearance of the star of Mercury. |
| reverse 19' | (If) the moon, on its appearance, in the east...... a flood |
| obverse 26' | The Twins... 3 stars.... |
| reverse 4' | The beginning of Mercury: the stars of the middle of Mercury stand in the middle of Mercury: the star stands in the middle of Mercury: the star of the middle. |
| obverse 19' | ... lightning |
| obverse 1' | (If) a star stands in front of the uzag-star: the star will become stationary. |
| obverse 28' | 3 stars lie in the field like a fox: two stars lie in the sky. |
| obverse 7' | the star KA.MU.GU7.E, Venus of the Anunntu, the star... |
| reverse 20' | ....................... |
| obverse 25' | ... red lion, 3 stars... |
| obverse 21' | (If) the Small Twins become visible: the star. |
| reverse 12' | year: “Zababa.” |
| reverse 7' | (If) the Hand of a God stands (there): Cancer. |
| obverse 17' | (If) a star.......... |
| obverse 3' | The stars thundered. The scribal art is 2 double-hours. |
| reverse 15' | (If) there is a mole, there will be a mole. |
| reverse 8' | (If) a star stands in the horn of the star: Cancer. |
| obverse 6' | a star stands there: new break. |
| obverse 8' | There are 2 cloaks, cloaks, star(s) of the agnu-star(s). |
| obverse 10' | There are 2 unfavorable omens. |
| reverse 16' | (If) a star reaches the mouth of a dog: a star.... |
| reverse 11' | (If) a star reaches the quay: the star stands at the quay. |
| obverse 27' | The Great Twins, after the star the Great Twins, after the star reaches the Star. |
| obverse 2' | (If) Venus, the star of Mercury, the star: the crown, the star of Ophiuchi. |
| reverse 1' | (If) a star stands in front of the breast-bone: the star stands in front of the breast-bone: the star will die. |
| obverse 18' | (If) a star...... a star... a black star. |
| reverse 14' | (If) a star stands on the right side of the 'finger': attack and the star of a bird. |
| obverse 16' | The 'finger' stands at the left side of the gall bladder. |
| reverse 6' | ... will be scattered. |
| obverse 9' | (If) a star is surrounded by a halo, a star stands on the left. |
| obverse 11' | (If) a star is surrounded by a halo, a star is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 14' | ... a little rain DUL. |
| obverse 23' | (If) a star is surrounded by a halo, a star is surrounded by a lion's tail, a star is surrounded by a halo, and a star is the head of a man. |
| obverse 12' | 2 (gloss: new break) |
| obverse 22' | (If) a star is surrounded by a small halo: the star. |
| reverse 13' | (If) the 'foot' of the lung stands at the side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 2' | 3 stars... the head... |
| obverse 30' | (If) a star stands there: a star stands there: hand of the star. The star stands there: the extispicy. |
| reverse 9' | The 4 stars set in order to keep the head long. |
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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