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BM.36650 (ebl:BM.36650)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.36650 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.36650 |
| Museum no. | BM.36650 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22) |
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 5 | (If) Venus rises (and) Mutabal rises (and) the cities are bright(?) |
| obverse 7' | (If) he frightens and stands in his left horn: his campaign will be carried off. |
| obverse 8' | (As for) Mutabbal, her place of refuge, Enlil of the land entrusted her with her in the assembly of the great gods, he said: |
| obverse 9' | son of the king of Mutabal for the kingship of Mutabal called his name. |
| reverse 9 | (If) his horns are swollen: he will experience hardship; he will recover from his hands. |
| reverse 1 | ... your |
| obverse 11' | his |
| reverse 7 | If in Arasamna (VIII) on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and a god in its eclipse is located on the north side: rain will take place on the west side. |
| obverse 4' | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 14th day an eclipse takes place and the god in its eclipse is located on the west side, and the south wind blows on the south side. |
| reverse 3 | (If) the city Tabal (is) a evil place, he destroys it, the Numuda (is) the evil one. |
| obverse 6' | (If) the north wind blows in the middle watch: a star rises in a halo and rises above it: the lord will reach the star's right horn. |
| obverse 10' | On the 14th of Nisannu the Numuda star stands in the sky on the side of the Yoke: the star rises and is black. |
| obverse 2' | (If) in Abu (Month V) the head of his eyes |
| obverse 3' | (If) in Ululu (Month VI), on the 14th day you say: “A solar eclipse will take place.” |
| reverse 4 | Borsippa, its ertu-priestess of Babylon he shall perform. A brother to a brother (or) a woman (or) two(?) of them |
| reverse 8 | (If) the north wind blows: the middle watch will go and the daytime watch will diminish. The horns of the god. |
| reverse 2 | [...] the warrior, the warrior, the warrior, Babylon. |
| reverse 6 | The son of the king of Borsippa, whose head is unfavorable, I shall strew (them) and give (them) back to the land. |
Sources & licences
- 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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