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BPO 4, 202 G, K 08097 (P397488)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 G, K 08097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397488 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 1 4' | If ditto (and) it approaches the Kidney Star:. |
| reverse col 1 10' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation reaches the Mountain:.... |
| obverse col 2 20' | If ditto (the Well-being) stands with the Kidney Star: Gula will rise. |
| reverse col 1 1' | rain; in the sky, the river level... |
| reverse col 1 3' | (If) an eclipse of the moon and sun take place and.... |
| obverse col 2 2' | If ditto a man... |
| reverse col 1 16' | If ditto... towards the top of the Yoke: property... |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... will pass by; in the land of Amurru ditto. |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... of Pabilsag. Written and collated. The son of the king. |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... will pass by, the battle of Nergal will take place. |
| obverse col 2 6' | If ditto a star passes behind the Lion: in the land of Elam. |
| obverse col 1 12' | the land Akkad will prosper. |
| obverse col 2 30' | If ditto....... |
| obverse col 2 3' | If ditto to the Field... |
| obverse col 2 19' | If ditto for the Lion: Nergal will die. |
| obverse col 2 8' | If ditto, it stands to the left: the Old Man... in Subartu. |
| obverse col 1 18' | ... Pabilsag: attack of the land. |
| reverse col 2 3' | ... does not approach |
| obverse col 2 11' | If ditto for the middle of the Kidney Star: Enlil and... |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... will pass, devastation of the land. |
| reverse col 1 5' | If ditto a udu-star....... |
| reverse col 1 15' | If ditto for a rainbow: the Yoke.... |
| obverse col 2 1' | If ditto.... |
| obverse col 2 29' | If ditto for the clearing of a fish... |
| obverse col 2 14' | (If) an eclipse takes place on the moon and the sun and the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| reverse col 2 7' | ... end of the reign. |
| obverse col 2 12' | (If) he is ill and he is ill: the land will destroy; rain in the sky. |
| reverse col 2 9' | ... will make... disappear from the land. |
| obverse col 2 13' | (If) a flood goes on a river and ditto in that month means: in that year, the harvest... |
| obverse col 2 7' | If ditto (a man) passes through the middle of the lung: in the land of Amurru. |
| reverse col 1 11' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation reaches the Yoke: business.... |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... will pass by; there will be truth in Akkad. |
| obverse col 2 16' | If ditto, the rear of the Gall bladder is crossed over, the barley and the month are overcast. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If ditto a planet.... |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... will pass by; the harvest in the land will prosper. |
| obverse col 2 23' | If ditto a fish... on the right of the Scorpion: in that year the river will... the enemy. |
| obverse col 2 26' | If ditto a fish stands in the tail of the Fish and it.... |
| obverse col 2 28' | If ditto to the middle of the Fish... |
| reverse col 1 13' | (If) ditto the Yoke Constellation reaches the hand(?) |
| reverse col 1 14' | If ditto to the front of the Yoke:.... |
| obverse col 2 17' | If ditto he approaches the Kidney Star: barley and straw and sesame will be lost. |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... will become diminished; in the land of Amurru ditto. |
| reverse col 1 8' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation, the 2nd, the north wind blew, I did not.... |
| obverse col 2 27' | If ditto (and) to the incantation of the Fish.... |
| reverse col 1 9' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation, the horn of the Moon does not approach.... |
| obverse col 2 15' | If ditto: there will be famine; the Kidney Star will seize the foes. |
| reverse col 2 10' | ... of Akkad... |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... will pass by; in the land of Elam ditto. |
| reverse col 1 6' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation... the land's gods.... |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... will pass by; in Subartu ditto. |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... fall of women with weapons. |
| reverse col 2 11' | ... Kumma seized. |
| reverse col 2 12' | ... of abtu |
| obverse col 2 5' | If ditto a star passes into the front of the Field: in Akkad. |
| obverse col 2 22' | If ditto a fish goes behind the Fish: in that year fish will devour. |
| obverse col 1 20' | The land of Akkad will turn into a wall. |
| reverse col 1 18' | If ditto in front of the Yoke Constellation.... |
| obverse col 2 10' | If ditto (and) for the disappearance of the Kidney Star...: in the land.... |
| obverse col 1 13' | ... will pass by. In the land of Elam ditto. |
| obverse col 1 21' | ... the land of Elam will turn into a wall. |
| reverse col 2 4' | ... the king will not give birth. |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... Erra eats in the land |
| obverse col 1 23' | ... the land of Subartu will receive. |
| reverse col 2 2' | ... he is plundered. |
| reverse col 1 12' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation reaches and disappears:.... |
| reverse col 2 15' | ... pregnant women,... their hearts. |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... will pass by; in Subartu ditto. |
| reverse col 2 8' | ... he will be well. |
| reverse col 2 14' | ... of the land of Guti seized. |
| reverse col 2 13' | ... of the Upper Sea, he will die. |
| obverse col 1 22' | ... the land of Amurru will turn into a wall |
| reverse col 2 6' | ... enemy attack |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... Adad will devastate. |
| reverse col 1 17' | If ditto... to the horn of the Yoke:.... |
| obverse col 1 16' | ... will come to an end in the land of Guti. |
| reverse col 1 19' | If a cloudburst stands behind the Yoke star.... |
| obverse col 2 9' | If ditto for the incantation of the Kidney Star: in the land of Guti. |
| reverse col 1 20' | If ditto to the right of udun... |
| obverse col 2 18' | If ditto (a man) approaches the Kidney Star: the enemy will devour his sovereignty |
| obverse col 1 17' | stands... Pabilsag: destruction of the land. |
| reverse col 2 5' | ... will disappear. |
| reverse col 1 2' | After the year (in which) the harvest of the land of Adad (means) |
| obverse col 2 25' | If ditto a fish stands in the top of the Fish: the field.... |
| reverse col 1 7' | If ditto the Yoke Constellation, the 1st, the north wind blew.... |
| obverse col 2 24' | If ditto it stands at the left side of the Fish: in that year the river will... |
| obverse col 2 21' | If ditto a fish is seen in front of the Fish: in that year fish will eat birds. |
| obverse col 1 24' | The land of Guti will turn into a wall. |
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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