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BPO 3, 277, Rm 0419 (P424755)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 277, Rm 0419 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424755 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 17' | If the Field.... |
| 15' | If the Pleiades in front of it... (gloss: break)... |
| 5' | If a planet, either 2 or 3 or 4 in the east, stands behind each other: in that year floods will come. |
| 11' | If the Bristle rises and the head is located on the top of the 'finger': there will be a flood. |
| 14' | If the Kidney Star in front of it is black(?), and |
| 10' | If the Bristle is located on the top of the head: he will not succeed. |
| 9' | If the Kidney Star becomes visible in the west and sets (it) in nine months. |
| 8' | If the Field stands in the Small Twins. |
| 16' | If the Field is surrounded by a cloudy halo, and it is surrounded by a cloud. |
| 3' | If the Scorpion and Mars become stationary and stand there: attack of Elam. |
| 7' | If the Field reaches its position: the moon will make the land happy. |
| 2' | ... the king of Elam |
| 12' | (If) there is a mole on the left side, and the head is located on the left side. |
| 4' | If the Arrow and the Great Star become stationary and stand there: there will be deaths. |
| 6' | If the Bristle reaches the star of ama of the kintu: in Duuzu. |
| 1' | If Mercury (means) Mars: the king of Elam will become strong. |
| 13' | ... he constantly sends... to the quay. |
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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