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BPO 3, 276, K 07936+ (P397385)

Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	BPO 3, 276, K 07936+
ID	P397385
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)
27	If the Bristle is located in front of its head: the people of the land will see good.
8	If the Field becomes visible on the path of Anu: the king of Elam will not acquire an opponent.
20	(If) he rises in the midst of Anu: he will see a flood, he will see a flood
4	If the Pleiades are 6 months in the path of Ea and stand there: the gods will make the land of Amurru happy.
14	He will become strong and the people will be seized. The lord will receive the silver, the tribute of kings and his heirs.
23	If the Kidney Star is located in its position: the king of the world will die in the land. Nergal will devour the land.
21	In the amaru-dais, her position is stable,
11	If the Field becomes visible in the middle of the Field: there will be floods in the sky.
22	(If) he rises in the east and the storm blows: he will recover.
5	If the Pleiades stand 6 months in the path of Anu and stand there: enemy land of Elam will prosper.
16	If a Bristle takes place on the left side of the gall bladder and ditto: the king of Akkad.
6	If the Twins stand 6 months in the path of Enlil and stand there: the gods will make the land of Akkad happy.
2	If the Field rises in the path of the Anu stars: the land of Elam
18	(If) he rises in the east: he will expand in the east.
29	(If) he sees a rainbow in the east and it has swollen.
19	If the Pleiades stand in the morning: the people of the land will make a food offering.
26	he saw (them) in the east and turned (them) back to the north.
7	If the Field becomes visible in the path of Ea: the king of Amurru will not acquire an opponent.
9	If the Kidney Star becomes visible on the path of Enlil: the king of Akkad will not acquire an opponent.
17	(If) he rises in the east: in the east he will see him.
15	(If) the king's breast is swollen: Mars stands on the right.
1	If the Kidney Star rises in the path of Ea: the land of Amurru will become confused; the land of Elam will be surrounded.
13	If the Kidney Star at its right side is surrounded by a star: the king of Elam will become happy.
12	The harvest of the land of Amurru is favourable. There will be nadû-disease.
25	If the Kidney Star is located behind it: there will be evil horses in the land.
3	If the Kidney Star rises in the path of Enlil: the land of Amurru will become confused; the land of Elam will be surrounded.
10	If the Field does not open its position: the king of Elam will conquer with him. The land will dwell in peaceful residences.
24	(If) it rises in the east and it rises in the east:
30	If the Field reaches its appearance: rains and floods will come.
28	If the Bristle is located on the front of the 'finger' of the lung: he 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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