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BPO 2, text 12 M2 (P399098)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 2, text 12 M2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399098 |
| 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 2 7' | ... in the land it is good. |
| reverse? 10' | (If) he does not pay, the land will be exhausted, rain.... |
| reverse? 2' | If its stars are surrounded by a dark spot: its stars are surrounded by heaven; the heads in Elam |
| reverse? 5' | and Amurru, the third year, rains in the sky, floods will occur in the river. |
| reverse? 6' | Its limbs are not curved; there will be famine. |
| reverse? col 2 3' | .... gods... |
| reverse? col 2 13' | ... for the sheep |
| reverse? col 2 12' | .... supplications |
| reverse? col 2 9' | ...... |
| reverse? col 2 4' | ... halo(?) |
| reverse? 8' | and Elam |
| reverse? col 2 8' | ... Nisannu, the Field |
| reverse? 13' | and the land of the Westland will be plundered, and rains... |
| reverse? 4' | If its stars are yellow-green and below their faces: in Subartu |
| reverse? 7' | If its stars are yellow-green and their heads are red-purple: in Akkad. |
| reverse? col 2 6' | ... all the lands |
| reverse? col 2 5' | ... the land will make its construction. |
| reverse? 1' | ...... |
| reverse? col 2 14' | ...... |
| reverse? 9' | If its stars are very red: in the land of Subartu and the land of Amurru. |
| reverse? col 2 2' | ... people |
| reverse? 3' | The fifth day Erra and Adad killed their people and |
| reverse? col 2 11' | ... of the people |
| reverse? col 2 10' | ...... |
| reverse? 12' | If its stars do not appear above and below: the king of Subartu. |
| reverse? 11' | If his stars are very red: in Elam and Akkad a field will thrive. |
| reverse? 14' | If its stars are not visible above and below: the king of the land... |
| reverse? 15' | and Akkad will be plundered and the land of Subartu |
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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