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BPO 3, 276, K 07169+ (P397079)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 276, K 07169+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P397079 |
| 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? 9' | ... there will be famine and famine in the land and people will not prosper. |
| reverse? 8' | If Venus in the east...: the heirs will not.... |
| obverse? 17' | Elam: death of the people; oxen, sheep, donkeys; |
| obverse? 6' | ...... enters and the land....... |
| reverse? 9' | ... there will be... |
| obverse? 2' | ................... |
| reverse? 5' | If Venus is bright in the morning: the kings will make peace. |
| obverse? 15' | (If) they are dark: there will be famine. |
| reverse? 11' | ... the king... |
| obverse? 5' | If Venus is dark: there will be famine for the prince and the prince.... |
| reverse? 7' | If Venus in Iyyar (II) rises and is bright: the enemy.... |
| reverse? 10' | ... a peaceful dwelling... |
| obverse? 3' | If Venus approaches the Pleiades: the wife of a man will die. |
| obverse? 11' | their sons, for silver, the destruction of the land will increase; the land will diminish; the king of Elam will go to his palace. |
| obverse? 7' | If Venus enters the moon and the watch becomes stationary and emerges: the days of the land.... |
| obverse? 4' | There is a niku-demon in the land; it will be scattered; it will not sleep for her wife....... |
| reverse? 3' | If Venus comes close to the Bull of Heaven(?) |
| reverse? 4' | ... a lunar eclipse |
| obverse? 1' | If Venus approaches the fish: the enemy will make an attack. |
| obverse? 13' | ...... like a snake, they kill him in his rage. |
| reverse? 6' | If Venus rises in Iyyar (II): there will be great floods. |
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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