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BM.38295 (ebl:BM.38295)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38295 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38295 |
| Museum no. | BM.38295 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? col 1 3' | If it is favourable to the king of Akkad |
| reverse col 4 19 | If the Moon is surrounded by a rainbow in the river:....... |
| reverse col 4 13 | If it is black: the days of the land will be long. |
| reverse col 4 4 | If his gate is open to the sun: that land will eat Erra. |
| reverse col 4 11 | If the stars of the night, the extinction of that land will come to an end. |
| reverse col 4 5 | If he opens his gate to the sun: the throne of Subartu (and) Uri will take (it). |
| reverse col 4 16 | If he is ill and he is sick: the days of the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse? col 1 11' | (If) he goes to the east: eclipse of the king of Subartu. |
| reverse col 4 2 | ... the wall? of the land in... |
| reverse col 4 7 | If it is dark and not dark: the land will not prosper....... |
| reverse col 4 20 | If a star... inside it in.... |
| obverse? col 1 13' | (If) he is ill for 15 days, ditto for 16 days: he will be ill. |
| obverse? col 1 18' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo in Nisannu (I) and the Pleiades stand inside it. |
| obverse? col 1 7' | (If) an eclipse takes place: that eclipse will be black; it will be red: it will be yellow. |
| reverse col 4 17 | If he is ill and he is ill: a reign of the king. |
| obverse? col 1 14' | If the Moon in Nisannu (Month I) is surrounded by a halo and |
| obverse? col 1 19' | The great gods will enlarge the land in their entirety, and the land will become happy. |
| obverse? col 1 21' | (If) on the 18th day, on the 20th day, on the 21st day: an eclipse... |
| reverse col 4 9 | If he does not have a gate, he will devour the people. |
| obverse? col 1 22' | (If) he is swollen: he will prosper. The 14th day, the 15th day... |
| reverse col 4 14 | If he is black and he is black: the days of the land will be long. |
| obverse? col 1 9' | (If) he goes to the west: the king of the Westland will pay. |
| obverse? col 1 5' | If the south wind blows: the king of Elam like the month of |
| obverse? col 1 6' | If the Moon in Nisannu (I) is surrounded by a white halo or is black or red or yellow: in Nisannu (I) |
| obverse? col 1 16' | (If) on the 15th day, on the 16th day, on the 17th day, on the 20th day: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse? col 1 20' | In that month, the 14th day, the 15th day, the 16th day?, the 17th day? |
| reverse col 4 1 | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo and its gate is open to the horizon: the moon... to.... |
| obverse? col 1 15' | The cows of the land are... in the halo of the land... |
| reverse col 4 18 | If he appoints a man, he will devastate the land. |
| reverse col 4 12 | If the stars of the night are not bright: that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 4 21 | ...... : |
| obverse? col 1 8' | In the middle watch, in the morning watch, in the afternoon,... |
| reverse col 4 6 | If it is dark:.... |
| obverse? col 1 4' | If it is favourable to the king of Subartu |
| reverse col 4 15 | If he is ill and he is black: the days of the land will be long. |
| obverse? col 1 10' | (If) he goes to the north: eclipse of the king of Akkad. |
| reverse col 4 3 | If his gate is open to the west: the city wall will change. |
| reverse col 4 10 | If he is ill for his own life, he will conquer the king of Akkad. |
| obverse? col 1 12' | (If) the south wind blows: eclipse of the king of Elam. |
| reverse col 4 8 | If there is a mole on the south side: that land.... |
| obverse? col 1 17' | You strew a shekel of silver before me and sit down. |
| obverse? col 1 2' | ... the king of Amurru... and the thin(?) wall(?) |
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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