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BPO 4, 202 I, K 12164+ (P399663)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 I, K 12164+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P399663 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 15' | If Jupiter is dark: the king will die. |
| 12' | If Jupiter stands with the Scorpion: people will die. |
| 6' | If Jupiter stretches and the Yoke reaches.... |
| 2' | If Jupiter in the morning watch is bright: the head of Subartu will seize the rebellious. |
| 16' | If Jupiter does not exist: hunger... |
| 1' | If Jupiter is located in the morning watch: the foundation of the land of Amurru will be large. |
| 3' | If Jupiter appears in the middle watch: rising of the north wind. |
| 8' | If Jupiter flashes and approaches the Pleiades: the land will be destroyed. |
| 14' | If Jupiter afflicts meha: the king of Amurru.... |
| 10' | If Jupiter rises and a planet... the great king will die. |
| 7' | If Jupiter reaches the side of the Arrow: the kings of the land will die. |
| 13' | If Jupiter stretches from the east to the west and.... |
| 9' | ... to GABA.RI means... |
| 5' | If Jupiter reaches and the Pleiades become stationary: the kings will die. |
| 4' | If Jupiter becomes visible in the morning watch: the foundation of the land of Subartu will fall. |
| 17' | If Jupiter... |
| 11' | If Jupiter stretches and stands with the Arrow.... |
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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