BM.36904 (ebl:BM.36904)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.36904 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.36904 |
| Museum no. | BM.36904 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
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' | ... in that year in the land. The... women... the fields, the food, food, food... |
| obverse? 14' | ... of.. |
| reverse? 4' | ... in that month, an eclipse occurred... |
| obverse? 3' | ... The 1st, a star on the side of... |
| obverse? 12' | ...... |
| reverse? 7' | ...... in that month, an eclipse... |
| obverse? 13' | ... land |
| reverse? 6' | ... in that year, an eclipse will take place : there will be truth in the land. |
| reverse? 8' | If the Moon is dark (or): it is dark and its right horn is dark: there will be famine in Marratu. |
| reverse? 9' | ... you strew... |
| obverse? 6' | ...... diu-disease and illillu-disease |
| obverse? 5' | ... which is before it are placed to the sun... that is said : alternatively... |
| obverse? 4' | ... it stood on it. The 1st, the star stood... |
| obverse? 7' | ...... : heroism and...... |
| reverse? 2' | ... the nuurru(?) |
| reverse? 3' | ... they are sick, they are sick... |
| obverse? 2' | ... black... |
| obverse? 1' | ... black, death 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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