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Nisaba 2, pl. V 4-5 (P555789)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. V 4-5 |
|---|---|
| ID | P555789 |
| Museum no. | BM 032373 |
| 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 13' | If it is split into two parts: that land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 5' | ............ |
| obverse 13' | If the eye of a man is dark: the king will die. : There will be famine. |
| obverse 11' | If he sees a thigh, he will recover. |
| obverse 12' | If he does not have a crown(?) and the king, his servants... |
| reverse 16' | If he is ill for five times.... |
| obverse 14' | ...... rains in the sky; the harvest of the land will not prosper... |
| obverse 16' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: rains will fall.... barley in the land. |
| reverse 12' | ... that land will be destroyed? |
| obverse 10' | The crown of Itar, the scepter of |
| reverse 6' | If two stars stand in it:... in the city of the king. |
| obverse 9' | The breast-bone is thick, the upper and lower part is elevated. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| reverse 1' | If a... chariot is located on an eclipse and the gods will fall. |
| obverse 17' | ...... strong hunger... |
| reverse 15' | If he is ill for one fourth: the son of the king will die. |
| reverse 2' | If... the king of the world... |
| reverse 7' | If 3 stars stand in its horns... |
| obverse 8' | (If) he is a pig: he will die. The king will die in the place of his land. Ditto: his servants will kill him. Ditto. |
| obverse 3' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the land will experience famine; the strong king will... in the land. |
| obverse 4' | ........ |
| obverse 18' | ......... |
| obverse 7' | If a pig gives birth to a date palm: in that month. |
| reverse 14' | If it is surrounded by a 3rd halo: a storm will take place. |
| obverse 6' | If he sees a thigh (and) he is ill: the land will eat food. |
| obverse 2' | ............ |
| reverse 5' | If a star is located inside it: that land will be destroyed. : |
| reverse 11' | If a star stands in its left horn:.... |
| reverse 3' | If there is a mole inside it, ama will come out to the city of the king. |
| reverse 8' | If 4 stars lie inside it:....... |
| obverse 15' | ...... her tablet(s) |
| reverse 10' | If a year is located on its right horn: an eclipse of the king of the Westland will take place. |
| reverse 9' | If a star comes close to its front...: there will be famine. |
| reverse 4' | ... the king will die. |
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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