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BPO 3, 277, K 11619+ (P399356)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 277, K 11619+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P399356 |
| 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 2 | (If) they are stricken: women will die with weapons. : horn of the king |
| obverse 5' | Its ritual: they will conquer their lands, and evil will be seen. |
| obverse 3' | king of Elam, king of Akkad, king of Gutium, king of Amurru, dies, and their sons (and) their throne[s] — |
| reverse 7 | If the Bristle rises in Duuzu (IV) and the Twins stand in front of it: the king of Akkad will die. |
| reverse 11 | If the Bristle stands behind it: the Great Twins stand on the 3rd day. The land of Guti will see evil. |
| obverse 1' | If the Kidney Star rises in Sivan (III): there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 9 | If the Bristle reaches its right: the Twins... stand on the fourth day: the land of Guti will stand in that year evil. |
| obverse 2' | ... that year |
| reverse 12 | ... in that city, evil will be seen. |
| reverse 5 | If the Pleiades are dark in Sivan (III): there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 6' | If the Field in Simanu (Month III) is red: there will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse 3 | If the Pleiades in Simanu from day 4, day 30: there will be famine. |
| reverse 8 | If the Bristle stands in front of her, the Twins... stand: the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7' | (If) there are paths of the enemy to the land: (variant:) there will be famine of the enemy. |
| obverse 4' | If the Field in Simanu (III) rises in the middle of the sky and sets: the king of Elam and king of Akkad. |
| reverse 4 | (If) a land is surrounded by a mountain and the land will be destroyed, and in the outskirts of its wind it will be destroyed. |
| reverse 6 | If the Bristle rises in Duuzu (Month IV): death. |
| reverse 1 | If the Bristle in Simanu (III) on the 15th day ditto, on the 16th day: he will die. |
| reverse 10 | If the Bristle reaches its right: the Twins... stand on the.... |
| obverse 8' | If the Kidney Star in Sivan (III) is red: 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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