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BPO 2, text 18 V (P496589)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BPO 2, text 18 V |
|---|---|
| ID | P496589 |
| Museum no. | BM 038301 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 col 1 2' | If a shepherd and Numuda... |
| obverse col 1 15' | If the day reaches its left: a star will stand there. |
| reverse col 4 14 | Enlil...... |
| obverse col 1 8' | If a shepherd approaches the left of the Pleiades: the enemy.... |
| reverse col 4 1 | If a man is seated on the throne of the moon: he will die. |
| reverse col 4 2 | If the horn of the moon stands in the horn of the moon: in the Westland. |
| reverse col 4 7 | If ditto the west wind blows: a star of night in a flood.... |
| reverse col 4 5 | If ditto the side of the Moon is surrounded by a black star: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse col 1 6' | If a breccia is located on the position of the enemy's land: a reign in.... |
| reverse col 4 6 | If the coils of the colon are split on the left side of the moon: the star of night in the halo....... |
| reverse col 4 8 | If ditto the Yoke Constellation reaches its front: barley in the west... |
| reverse col 4 4 | If the Well-being is located on the north side of the star of night: in the morning watch. |
| obverse col 1 4' | If Orion keeps his life clean,... |
| reverse col 4 3 | If the moon stands in the horn of the moon: in Akkad.... |
| obverse col 1 16' | If on the day of the year: “imut-ama will die.” |
| reverse col 4 13 | If a star is surrounded by a taktakku-star.... |
| reverse col 4 10 | If ditto (it is) dark: the troops will die and the 4/5th year of the land Elam |
| obverse col 1 1' | If the Orion....... |
| reverse col 4 12 | If ditto (and) there is fog in the land of Subartu and the land of arrat |
| obverse col 1 17' | If on the day of the year imut its stars are white: there will be frost. |
| obverse col 1 12' | It is favourable and is well. |
| obverse col 1 18' | If a day is bright in front of the name of imut: his stars will be good. |
| reverse col 4 15 | ...... |
| obverse col 1 13' | If the day reaches its left: his king will conquer his land. |
| obverse col 1 11' | If the Shepherd of Anu afflicts meha: the king, the lord, will exercise dominion over his land. |
| obverse col 1 3' | If a breccia comes out at its exit, it appears in the beginning of its month.... |
| reverse col 4 11 | (and) in the land of a woman |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... goats... |
| obverse col 1 5' | If Orion's life is black: an eclipse... |
| obverse col 1 14' | (If) on the day that a star reaches its left: there will be deaths. |
| obverse col 1 7' | If a shepherd approaches the right of the Bristle: Enlil will... the land. |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... there will be... in the land. |
| obverse col 1 9' | If the Shepherd is dark: there will be an eclipse of Sin and ama in the land. |
| reverse col 4 9 | If ditto a man ditto and stands there: attack of the troops in the land of Elam. |
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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