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BM.36904 (ebl:BM.36904)

CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.36904
IDebl:BM.36904
Museum no.BM.36904
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine 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(?)

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