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BPO 2, text 06 G (P425836)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 2, text 06 G |
|---|---|
| ID | P425836 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 12' | ... is surrounded by a halo. The star stands in front of the moon: the king will seize the throne. |
| 3' | If ditto the Pleiades eat (it) : the Pleiades and the Westland will come close. |
| 11' | If the Pleiades enters its middle and do not come out: the king's son will enter his father's house. |
| 9' | If the Kidney Star reaches its right horn: a defeat will take place and it will come out. |
| 6' | If the Field reaches the end of Aries (means): the stars appear in the middle of an eclipse. |
| 4' | ... and floods will come and the barley will diminish. In the evening,... |
| 1' | ... Lugalerra and Meslamtaea seized |
| 2' | In Akkad, Enlil seized me and Nergal... wild animals. |
| 13' | .......... |
| 8' | The... of the Kidney Star is Lummun: a reign of distress. |
| 5' | (If) the Arrow reaches the Pleiades: the land will eat food. |
| 7' | The stars of the night blew. At noon, a namru-disease. |
| 10' | If a Bristle enters its middle: the son of the king will seize the throne. |
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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