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BM.38160 (ebl:BM.38160)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38160 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38160 |
| Museum no. | BM.38160 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology |
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 11 | His... is dark... |
| obverse 6 | ... red(?) |
| obverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 1 | If the Moon... is dark:... |
| obverse 4 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: the Westland will fall in battle. |
| obverse 3' | ... the king of... will die and he will recover. |
| obverse 5 | If the Moon is dark:.... |
| obverse 10 | If on the 14th day an eclipse takes place: the king of the world will end his reign(?)... his land(?) will be destroyed(?) |
| obverse 14 | ... south wind |
| obverse 9 | (If) an eclipse(?) occurs in the morning watch (and) a cloudburst(?): the king will reach the highest rank of his enemy. |
| obverse 7 | If an eclipse (= EAE 24(25) I 3) takes place: the king will die and the sons of the king will be confined to the throne of their father. |
| obverse 2' | ... a garden |
| obverse 4' | ... the city was destroyed |
| obverse 2 | ... either a halo or a ghost... |
| obverse 12 | ...... |
| obverse 13 | ... an eclipse will not take place;...... |
| obverse 8 | If an eclipse takes place in the middle watch: the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| obverse 3 | If the Moon is not seen with the Sun: the king will destroy his enemies. |
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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