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BPO 1, 011 F (+) H (+) J (+) O (P496493)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 1, 011 F (+) H (+) J (+) O |
|---|---|
| ID | P496493 |
| Museum no. | BM 036395 + BM 036806 + BM 036853 (+) BM 037010 (+) BM 036758 + BM 037496 (+) BM 037121 + BM 037432 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | If in Arasamna (VIII)... on the day of the month of Arasamna, on the day of the month of Kislimu, on the day of the month of Kislimu: |
| reverse 13' | ... Ninsiana was born |
| reverse 9' | If in Addaru (XII) Ninsiana. |
| obverse 14' | If in Addaru (XII)... in the east............... |
| reverse 11' | If in Addaru (XII) Ninsiana... (If) on the day of the day of the moon rises in the sky and in Addaru (XII) on the day of the moon rises in the east. |
| obverse 3' | ... he will reach the... of the land. |
| obverse 9' | (If) he sees a... in the east: hunger, barley and straw will be present in the land. |
| reverse 17' | son who reveres..., |
| reverse 7' | If in abau (Month XI), Ninsiana... (If) on the 3rd day: there will be famine in the sky and in abau (Month XI), on the 18th day in the east. |
| reverse 16' | Tablet of PN, son of PN, descendant of Muezibu. Hand of Bl-su-Bel. |
| obverse 1' | If in Taritu (Month VII) |
| obverse 11' | ... will experience rain in the east; there will be rain in the land. |
| obverse 19' | If in Nisannu (Month I)... is eclipsed in the sky and in Ululu (Month I), on the right (day): the heart of the land will become happy. |
| reverse 6' | On the 28th of Addaru (XII) he will see the king to the king. |
| reverse 8' | Adad will bring his rains to Ea, his servant. The king will send his messenger to the king. |
| obverse 2' | ... goes to the sky and in Ululu (Month VI), on the 3rd day: |
| reverse 3' | If in ebtu (Month X), Ninsiana. |
| obverse 17' | If in Arasamna (VIII).... and in ebetu (X) on the 16th day in the west: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 21' | If in ebtu (Month X), in the sky it rises and in abau (Month X), on the 11th day, in ama. |
| obverse 6' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) 2 months, the fourth day is eclipsed in the sky and in abau (Month IX), the 28th day. |
| obverse 5' | (If) in the east there are rains and floods: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 12' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV)... on the4.7th day: in the sky he will die and in Ab (V) on the4.8th day. |
| reverse 4' | (If) in abau (Month XI), on the 28th day: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 10' | (If) it is seen in the east: fall of the land. |
| obverse 13' | ... will experience rain in the east; there will be rain in the land. |
| obverse 4' | If in Ayyaru (Month I),... will fall in the sky and in Ayyaru (Month I), the... |
| reverse 14' | ... is not finished. |
| obverse 10' | If in Abu (Month V)... 2(?) months, the 11th day is eclipsed in the sky and in Arasamnu (Month V), the 14th day. |
| reverse 12' | The king will send peace to the king. |
| reverse 15' | ... Enlil, the name(s) of evil come out from the Ekur. |
| obverse 18' | If in Ullu (Month VI)... is eclipsed in the sky and in Ullu (Month VI): (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant:) (variant): the land will become happy. |
| reverse 5' | If in ebtu (Month X), Ninsiana. |
| obverse 16' | ... will see...: the king will send peace to the king. |
| obverse 7' | ... appears in the east; the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 15' | If in Simanu (Month III)... the 5th day is eclipsed in the sky and in Addaru (XII) the 16th day |
| obverse 20' | If in Ayyaru (Month I), (there will be) a flood in the sky and in Ayyaru (Month I), on the 12th day, in the east: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 2' | ... the harvest of the land will prosper. |
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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