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BPO 3, 276, K 07828 (P397311)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 276, K 07828 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397311 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 13' | If the Bristle reaches the middle of Abu (V) and reaches the middle of the sky ditto:.... |
| 9' | If from the 1st day to the 30th day there are famine: the king and the throne will not complete. |
| reverse 3' | ......... |
| 14' | ... ditto, deeds of Elam |
| 11' | If the Bristle rises in Abu (V): there will be frost. |
| 19' | ... he will reach the highest rank in the land. Ditto. |
| 5' | If the Bristle reaches its left horn : u.lu (means) : he will die and there will be famine in the land. |
| 16' | If the Kidney Star is dark in Tebet (X): the sun will be strong. |
| 21' | ... in(?) |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| 2' | If the Pleiades in Duuzu (Month IV) are surrounded by a halo.... |
| reverse 2' | ... rejoicing(?) |
| 18' | ...... the harvest of the land will prosper; alternatively, the day will be long. |
| 10' | If the Field in Duuzu becomes dark: the king of the land will come close. |
| 8' | ... ditto: his sons will kill him and the throne will not be loosened. |
| 1' | If the Field in Tammuz (IV) is yellow-green:....... |
| 17' | If the Kidney Star rises in Ululu (Month VI) and the heart of the land will become happy.... |
| 12' | If the Bristle reaches the top of the 'finger' in Abu: there will be famine in the land. |
| 15' | If the Bristle in Tebetu (Month IV) goes to its front: there will be famine, there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 4' | ... to the land |
| 4' | (and) the land of Subartu : UD.DA, the long-lasting one of Gu and Elam |
| 6' | If the Kidney Star comes out on the 15th day and sets: the king's hand will kill him in front of his enemy. |
| 7' | If the Bristle emerges on the 16th day: he will come out of the moon and enter the moon: the king of Akkad will kill his sons. |
| 20' | ... ditto, it stands in the position of the moon. |
| 3' | If the Bristle rises in Duuzu (IV) and sets: hand of ditto. |
| reverse 6' | ... the harvest, the dates? |
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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