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BM.38288 (ebl:BM.38288)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38288 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38288 |
| Museum no. | BM.38288 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10' | If it is raining:... |
| obverse 24' | If the Moon in Taritu the land will go to the land. |
| obverse 3' | If... and.... |
| obverse 9' | If it is raining:... |
| reverse 10 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) a scepter... |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon in Arasamnu (Month VIII) either a uur or a uur or a mau-disease (means) that it is the property of Subartu. |
| reverse 5 | If in Addaru (XII) a king's floods afflict him and he is ill: |
| reverse 16 | ... |
| reverse 11 | If in Abu (Month V), a reed mat... |
| obverse 2' | If an eclipse.... |
| obverse 5' | If the day reaches (the normal length) |
| obverse 16' | If it is located and....... |
| obverse 15' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder... |
| obverse 8' | If the south wind... |
| reverse 6 | If the Moon at its appearance... a reed hut.... |
| reverse 12 | If in Ululu (Month VI) a bed... |
| reverse 2 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) there are deaths: the gods of the land will fall. |
| obverse 23' | If the Moon in Ululu (Month VI): the king will prevail over his sons. |
| obverse 21' | If the Moon in Duuzu (IV) becomes stationary and sets: the king... against his kings. |
| reverse 18 | If in abau (Month XI) a scepter... |
| reverse 14 | If in Arasamna (VIII) a bed... |
| reverse 15 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) a bed... |
| reverse 19 | If in Addaru (Month XII) a bed... |
| obverse 13' | If the stars of the stele... |
| reverse 13 | If in Taritu (Month VII), a reed mat... |
| obverse 14' | If there is a mole on the left side of... |
| obverse 7' | If a lightning flashes,... |
| reverse 4 | If in abau (Month XI) there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 22' | If the Moon in Abu (Month V)...: the flood will eat Erra's land. |
| obverse 18' | If the Moon in Nisannu (Month I) either a uur-shrine or a uur-shrine or a ama-shrine or a uur-shrine or a uur-shrine or a uur-shrine or a uur-shrine or a uur-shrine or a hostile land to the land |
| reverse 3 | If there is a mole in ebtu (Month X), and Erra will devour the land. |
| obverse 6' | If... and.... |
| obverse 11' | If the west wind blows: |
| obverse 4' | If he is a fisherman |
| reverse 8 | If in Ayyaru (Month I) a scepter.... |
| obverse 1' | If ama... in fire. |
| obverse 12' | If he is ill and he is ill... |
| obverse 19' | If the Moon in Ayyaru (XII) is surrounded by a black halo: the campaign will come. |
| reverse 9 | If in Simanu (Month III) a mole is located... |
| reverse 17 | If in ebtu (Month X), a bed... |
| reverse 7 | If in Nisannu (Month I), a reed mat... |
| obverse 17' | If he is black: he will die... |
| obverse 20' | If the Moon in Simanu (III).... |
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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