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Nisaba 2, pl. VIII 1-2 (P555792)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. VIII 1-2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P555792 |
| Museum no. | BM 038289 + BM 038762 |
| 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 32' | If the Moon at its appearance in its right horn: cloud will prosper.... |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon at its appearance... horns |
| obverse 30' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn is not present.... |
| reverse 20 | If the Moon at its appearance its horn towards the south.... |
| obverse 26' | If the Moon at its appearance reaches its left horn:.... |
| reverse 24 | If the Moon at its appearance its horn towards the south |
| obverse 6' | If the Moon at its appearance - its right horn is split.... |
| reverse 14 | If the Moon at its appearance is yellow-green and its right horn is bent: the people will be seized. |
| obverse 29' | If the 3rd, at its appearance, its left horn is bent down.... |
| reverse 27 | If the Moon at its appearance horns (and) the Moon is seen: the king of Akkad, where he was entrusted.... |
| obverse 10' | If the Moon at its appearance horns....... |
| obverse 7' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a horn:.... |
| obverse 9' | If the 3rd, at its appearance, its left horn is cut.... |
| reverse 10 | If the Moon at its appearance is black and its right horn is bent down, its left horn is pointed. |
| obverse 12' | If the Moon at its appearance... its left horn.... |
| obverse 8' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn is red.... |
| reverse 23 | If the Moon at its appearance... to the west.... |
| obverse 24' | If the Moon, at its appearance, its horns are 2,... |
| bottom 1 | ... 24(?) |
| obverse 16' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn is long and its left horn.... |
| reverse 3 | If the Moon at its appearance is red and its left horn is broken: its right horn.... |
| obverse 5' | Ditto... ditto, ditto... |
| obverse 17' | If the Moon at its appearance is long and its right horn... |
| reverse 12 | If the Moon at its appearance is black and its horns are pointed: the price of the barley will increase. |
| obverse 4' | If the Moon's horns at its appearance.... |
| reverse 4 | If the 3rd, at its appearance, is red and its horns are pointed: the upper front on the front... beer. |
| reverse 13 | If the Moon at its appearance is black and its horns stand there: there will be an eclipse. |
| reverse 15 | If the Moon at its appearance is yellow and its left horn is bent, its right horn is pointed: the enemy will devastate him and there will be evil in the land. |
| reverse 18 | If the Moon at its appearance... to the east.... |
| obverse 36' | If the Moon at its appearance its... is dark:.... |
| obverse 35' | If the Moon at its appearance its... is split:.... |
| reverse 32 | If the Moon at its appearance... and its horns.... |
| reverse 5 | If the 3rd, at its appearance, is red and its horns stand below... |
| reverse 2 | If the Moon at its appearance is red and its right horn is bent down its left horn.... |
| reverse 19 | If the Moon at its appearance... towards the west.... |
| reverse 26 | If the Moon at its appearance... the north wind like a fog.... |
| obverse 21' | If the Moon at its appearance - its left horn is long and.... |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon, at its appearance, its horns... |
| reverse 8 | If the Moon at its appearance is white and its horns are pointed on the top of the sky: attack of locusts against the land. |
| obverse 14' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo:.... |
| obverse 15' | If the Moon, at its appearance, its left horn is red.... |
| obverse 20' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn is long and....... |
| reverse 6 | (If) the Moon at its appearance is white and its right horn is bent down, its left horn is pointed. |
| obverse 23' | If the Moon at its appearance... its left horn for two times.... |
| obverse 18' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn is long and Mars.... |
| obverse 34' | If the Moon at its appearance in its... horn: a cloudburst will stand there.... |
| reverse 25 | If the Moon at its appearance... the Moon.... |
| obverse 2' | If the Moon at its appearance... a horn.... |
| obverse 25' | If the Moon at its appearance... its right horn.... |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon, at its appearance, its left horn is surrounded by a halo.... |
| reverse 28 | If the Moon at its appearance is white and its horns.... |
| reverse 16 | If the Moon at its appearance its horn towards the south: there will be... in Akkad. |
| obverse 11' | If the Moon's eyes... its right horn.... |
| obverse 31' | If the Moon at its appearance - its left horn is not present.... |
| obverse 28' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a horn:.... |
| reverse 30 | If the Moon at its appearance is yellow and its horns... |
| obverse 27 | If the Moon, at its appearance, its horns are pointed.... |
| reverse 7 | If the Moon at its appearance is white and its left horn is bent down, its right horn is pointed. |
| obverse 1' | If the Moon at its appearance... its right horn.... |
| reverse 31 | If the Moon at its appearance... and its horns.... |
| reverse 9 | If the Moon at its appearance is white and its horns stand below the surface of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 21 | If the Moon at its appearance its horn towards the north:.... |
| obverse 19' | If the Moon, at its appearance, its left horn is long and Mars.... |
| reverse 29 | If the Moon at its appearance is black and its horns... |
| reverse 22 | If the Moon, at its appearance, its horn... to.. |
| obverse 33' | If the Moon at its appearance stands in its left horn: strong cloud :....... |
| reverse 17 | If the Moon at its appearance... towards the north:.... |
| obverse 22' | If the Moon at its appearance its right horn... for two times.... |
| reverse 11 | If the Moon at its appearance is black and its left horn is bent back: the enemy's attack will take place in a hostile place. |
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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