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BPO 4, 202 M, K 08844 (P397786)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 M, K 08844 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397786 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 1' | ..... weeping... |
| col 2 6' | : there will be a sick king in the land. |
| col 2 12' | The king of Akkad is strong and he is well. |
| col 2 14' | If the Pleiades appear in Simanu (Month III): the land will become happy. |
| col 1 5' | ...-BI |
| col 2 2' | ... exalted... |
| col 2 3' | If the stars of heaven inside the heavens....... |
| col 1 3' | ... the wall |
| col 2 8' | ... his exalted... |
| col 2 10' | If the Pleiades stand in the path of Enlil and. |
| col 2 4' | ...... |
| col 2 11' | The land of Akkad has become angry with her heart... |
| col 1 4' | ... and |
| col 1 2' | ...... |
| col 2 9' | If Jupiter appears in the path of Enlil.... |
| col 2 13' | If Jupiter, on the left side of the horn |
| col 2 5' | If the Pleiades come close to the ground: the mighty king |
| col 2 15' | If the Bristle reaches Simanu (III) and stands where the sun rises. |
| col 2 7' | If the Bristle reaches the lung: deaths.... |
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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