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MUL.APIN, text U (P496534)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MUL.APIN, text U |
|---|---|
| ID | P496534 |
| Museum no. | BM 036627 + BM 037112 + BM 037144 + BM 037473 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
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) |
|---|---|
| 8' | If Marduk's star reaches the Pleiades: in that year Adad will die. |
| 14' | If the Yoke comes out at its exit like a fire: the flood will come. |
| 5' | The Scorpion becomes visible. The south wind blew. That year is good. |
| 15' | If the Yoke comes out at its exit like a fire: the harvest will prosper. |
| 4' | If a star rises from the middle of the sky and sets in the west: there will be famine in the land. |
| 17' | If the Yoke, when it emerges, appears to sunrise: the west wind blows. |
| 11' | If in the presence of the star of Marduk a man irrigates the water: there will be famine. |
| 2' | in the west, overcast, 3 men of the land became visible. |
| 10' | If Marduk's star reaches the man: the lord will seize him. |
| 6' | If... is seen: the year... will be good. |
| 20' | [Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void]. |
| 21' | (Property) of the annihilation of Ibbi-Sîn, king of Ur. |
| 9' | If Marduk's star reaches the Kidney Star: sesame will prosper. |
| 3' | If a star passes from the east to the east: the days of the enemy's land will be three years. |
| 18' | In Ululu (VI), on the 10th day, the ruin of the land will take place. |
| 13' | If the Yoke, when it emerges, is dark: the flood will come. |
| 1' | (If) a star rises from the north to the south and Entabarhu passes by and |
| 24' | If a sick man is placed for princeship and the south wind blows: that man will be good. |
| 23' | His troops will be seized, ditto they will be seized. |
| 12' | If Marduk's star is black and appears: that year there will be famine. |
| 16' | If Aurnu, when he emerges, is swollen and he is ill: there will be no flood. |
| 19' | If the Yoke Constellation, when it emerges, appears to sunrise: the sky will be seen. |
| 22' | ... he went to Anan |
| 7' | If Marduk's star is seen in a red halo: in that year the furrows 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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