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BPO 4, 202 I, BM 036735 (P461143)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 4, 202 I, BM 036735 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461143 |
| Museum no. | BM 036735 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
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 1' 6 | The urinnu |
| obverse col 1 3' | in the Old Man... |
| reverse col 1' 5 | The 9th,... |
| obverse col 1 11' | the star, the Shepherd(?) and the Twins |
| reverse col 1' 8 | The nanny, the man |
| obverse col 1 4' | If Jupiter enters the north. The 15th, moonrise to sunrise: 30'. |
| reverse col 2' 9 | ... will not be present and the brother will conquer :... |
| reverse col 2' 15 | If the Pleiades towards the Entabarhum... |
| reverse col 2' 13 | If the Well-being approaches the Eridu-star: he will not approach. |
| reverse col 2' 18 | ... in |
| obverse col 2 7' | angry to the land... |
| reverse col 2' 3 | He eats his brother's brother's brother's..., |
| obverse col 2 8' | If the... stars |
| reverse col 2' 10 | If the, the Field... |
| reverse col 1' 3 | the Bow, the, the... star |
| reverse col 2' 5 | You set up a libation bowl. : The flood will come. |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... The 15th, moonrise to sunrise: 30°. |
| obverse col 2 3' | If a star in the end of the moon....... |
| obverse col 2 5' | The Forest... |
| obverse col 1 10' | If Jupiter comes close: the moon will eat a god. |
| reverse col 2' 14 | ... Eridu, the Field... |
| reverse col 1' 4 | The Fox, the... star |
| reverse col 2' 11 | ... of the land of Amurru |
| obverse col 1 2' | May the hands of Enz[u?...] |
| obverse col 1 9' | is given to the land. |
| reverse col 2' 8 | If ditto and Dildi :. |
| reverse col 2' 12 | If the Bristle stands with the Bristle?: the queen of the land will enter inside the great god. |
| obverse col 2 10' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 10 | a... man |
| reverse col 2' 17 | If the Bristle... inside the Kidney Star |
| obverse col 2 2' | If the... star |
| reverse col 2' 2 | If ditto a star comes close to Dildi and |
| obverse col 1 12' | If Jupiter enters on the right horn |
| reverse col 1' 7 | The Ninmah star |
| reverse col 1' 2 | The chariot which |
| obverse col 2 6' | If the... star in the midst of the moon.... |
| reverse col 2' 6 | If the Bristle rises and follows (me) |
| reverse col 1' 11 | The king, my lord, should know this |
| obverse col 1 13' | ... right and left... |
| reverse col 2' 16 | a kind of insect... |
| reverse col 2' 4 | If the Bristle rises and passes (on it): the king will die. |
| reverse col 1' 1 | The Great Oval |
| obverse col 2 4' | If the stars in front of the Moon....... |
| reverse col 2' 1 | If Jupiter in the middle of the Star.... |
| obverse col 1 1' | If Jupiter... to the horn |
| obverse col 2 9' | The... star |
| obverse col 1 8' | (If) its left horn is split and the left horn.... |
| obverse col 2 1' | If a man is seized by a dog |
| obverse col 1 6' | If Jupiter enters its left horn: the king will reach the highest rank in the land. |
| obverse col 1 7' | in the Old Man: in the west Jupiter will approach. |
| reverse col 2' 7 | The flood goes and does not approach the field. |
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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