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BPO 3, 275, BM 040111 (P496588)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 3, 275, BM 040111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P496588 |
| Museum no. | BM 040111 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' 25' | The mother is upon her daughter; her gate is located. |
| col 1' 9' | ... is sweet: Adad will... the barley. |
| col 1' 19' | If Venus rises in the morning and does not set: the land will diminish. |
| col 1' 8' | ... it is white: there will be famine of barley and straw in the land. |
| col 1' 14' | If Venus reaches the rear of the 'finger': a defeat will take place. |
| col 1' 17' | If Venus does not change in night and is bright: the wives of a man. |
| col 2? 14' | their lords, they marched, and they fought with each other. |
| col 1' 13' | If Venus at its side... a yellow-green ewe eats a red ewe |
| col 1' 3' | ...... |
| col 1' 10' | ... mehu-disease of Saturn, which was seen in the evil halo. |
| col 2? 8' | If Venus in the eclipsing in ama and is not set: the land will change. |
| col 1' 4' | If Venus......: there will be frost in the evening. |
| col 2? 10' | If Venus rises in the harvest in ama and does not acquire peace and peace. |
| col 1' 20' | Enlil will seize |
| col 1' 21' | If Venus becomes visible in the middle of the sky: the wives of a man will turn towards their wives. |
| col 2? 6' | If Venus rises in the east in Virgo and does not set: peace.... |
| col 2? 13' | ... servants to the... |
| col 2? 3' | ... who hears and makes peace, |
| col 2? 2' | (If) enemy kings are ill: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| col 1' 12' | ... is white: the land will become happy. |
| col 1' 11' | ... Eshhu is red: the land will experience hardship. |
| col 1' 15' | a penalty for the meal is paid. |
| col 1' 6' | ... abihu, Saturn, Mars,... |
| col 1' 24' | (If) he is ill: he will die. The father of his son will die. |
| col 2? 9' | (If) they are small: Lamatu will seize him. |
| col 2? 5' | (If) the kings(?) are favorable(?): rain in the sky; the farmer... |
| col 1' 5' | On account of this, there will be mighty Anu, : it is good for the king. |
| col 1' 23' | If Venus becomes visible in the evening in Sagittarius: the king will see it. |
| col 1' 22' | (If) they do not sleep: they will die. |
| col 2? 4' | If Venus in the east in Virgo, in the west in Virgo. |
| col 1' 7' | ... that swollen...,.., |
| col 2? 1' | If Venus in the east in the middle of the sun in the west. |
| col 2? 7' | If Venus rises in the east in Virgo and is not set: the land will rule. |
| col 1' 2' | ... Venus was red |
| col 1' 18' | he smote her and after the males he smote |
| col 2? 11' | If Venus.......... |
| col 2? 12' | ... the mother... over her daughter's gate he smashed. |
| col 1' 16' | If Venus does not appear in Mars: destruction of the land. |
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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