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BPO 3, 276, K 09857 (P398359)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 276, K 09857 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398359 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 16' | ... rains and floods... |
| 11' | ... a house of brother with brother... |
| 8' | If Venus... and goes to the west and becomes stationary in the morning watch and disappears and reaches the Westland: |
| 14' | ..., king of Elam. |
| 4' | If Venus becomes visible in the north and disappears from the yoke: the gods will be reconciled with Akkad. |
| 15' | ... his...s rise and to battle |
| 13' | ... there will be...s in the land. |
| 10' | If Venus does not change its position: the king of Elam will conquer with him. |
| 7' | If Venus becomes visible in the west and is seen with a dark spot: the gods will revolt against the Westland. |
| 6' | [If Venus] becomes visible [in the west] and becomes visible [in the east]: [the gods] will be reconciled with the Westland. |
| 17' | ... evil will occur in the land... |
| 9' | If Venus... the north wind blows and the watch becomes eclipsed and it crosses the land of Akkad: |
| 2' | If the Pleiades do not reach the yoke, and it crosses the land: the land will be devastated. |
| 12' | ... his weapons he will take |
| 5' | If Venus becomes visible in the north and is seen with a dark spot: the gods will revolt against Akkad. |
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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