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BM 047496 (P558561)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 047496 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558561 |
| Museum no. | BM 047496 |
| 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 18 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 12th day: on the 13th day: Enlil will speak with the sun to the land. |
| obverse 8 | If on the 20th day the moon and sun are seen together: the army will attack, and the land will rule; there will be famine. |
| obverse 12 | If Jupiter stands in the horn of the moon: the king will die. |
| obverse 14 | If Venus stands in the midst of Venus: the king of Uruk will die. |
| obverse 3 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: the mouth of the land will become stable; the land will become happy; the land will become happy;... for the land of the king of Akkad will become happy; joy among the troops; the king will become happy. |
| obverse 9 | If Jupiter stands in front of the moon: the great king will die. |
| obverse 15 | If a star enters the moon: the king of Akkad will die. |
| obverse 6 | If on the sixteenth day the moon and sun are seen together: the king will send evil messages to the king; the king will stay in his palace for a month. The enemy will make an attack against his land. |
| obverse 17 | If in Ab (V) on the 30th day he sees a fog in Akkad. |
| obverse 11 | If Jupiter stands in the horn of the moon: the king of Akkad will become happy. |
| obverse 7 | If on the 17th day the moon and sun are seen together:... Elam will rule the land. |
| obverse 2 | If on the 13th day the moon and sun are seen together: not reliable speech; the field will not prosper; there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 1 | If on the 12th day the moon and sun are seen together: end of the reign. |
| obverse 13 | If a ulpa’e-star stands in the midst of the Moon: the king of Akkad will die. |
| obverse 19 | 18 lines of syrup? and syrup of the heavens. |
| obverse 5 | If on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land. |
| obverse 4 | If the moon and sun are seen together in silence: a strong enemy will attack the land. The king of Akkad... the enemy will not place. |
| obverse 16 | If Mars enters the Scorpion: the prince will die from the assault of the Scorpion. After that, his son will not seize the throne... |
| obverse 20 | If he is seized by his own name and sees (it): Nabû-diq-udde/Tabna/FN. |
| obverse 10 | If Jupiter stands in the horn of the moon: the king will become strong. : The king of Akkad will become happy. |
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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