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BM.38534 (ebl:BM.38534)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38534 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38534 |
| Museum no. | BM.38534 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
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 22 | (If) the Shepherd stands inside it: enemies in the land (or): the Shepherd (or) the Scorpion will devastate |
| reverse 12 | If ditto a planet is surrounded by a halo of stars:.... |
| reverse 26 | ...... a rainbow and a cow... |
| reverse 13 | If ditto a lunar halo is surrounded by a cloudy wind:.... |
| obverse 5' | (If) a halo is surrounded by a halo and the Shepherd stands in it. |
| reverse 10 | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a lunar halo: an eclipse will take place and the 20th.... |
| reverse 18 | (If) a Field stands in its inside : the Field, the Field or the Furrow or the Field.... |
| reverse 8 | (If) a lunar halo is surrounded by a cloudy halo, on the day the Moon is surrounded by a cloudy halo |
| reverse 24 | If the Scorpion ditto and the Star... stands in it and : the goddesses will devastate?... |
| obverse 15' | ... The 1st, a star... |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 5 | ... is surrounded by a halo of a star: a planet... stands in the halo of the moon. |
| obverse 4' | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a lunar halo and it is thick and dark: a lunar halo which like.... |
| reverse 3 | (If) 2 halos are surrounded by 2 halos(?), 2 equids after Ahame(?) |
| reverse 23 | ......... : harpu means: harvest harpu... |
| reverse 25 | ... singers, his..., |
| reverse 21 | ... ZI means : grain... |
| reverse 20 | (If) the Bow stands inside it and the Bow : (variant:) there will be a strong apsû-demon and death. |
| reverse 17 | If Venus stands in it: women will rage. |
| reverse 2 | If a planet is surrounded by a halo, 2 eclipses will occur in the land... a lunar halo |
| reverse 4 | (If) 3 halos are surrounded by a halo, 3 eclipses after... or 3 halos....... |
| reverse 11 | If ditto (it is) surrounded by a rainbow halo |
| reverse 14 | (If) a woman is surrounded by a halo of the gods: she will die. |
| reverse 9 | (If) it is surrounded by a cloudy wind (and) it is surrounded by a fog(?) |
| obverse 14' | (If) its horns are long and the hands....... |
| obverse 11' | (If) a halo is surrounded by a halo and the Yoke and the Pleiades stand in it |
| obverse 8' | If the moon becomes visible on the day of the moon:.... |
| reverse 6 | (If) a lunar halo of the moon is surrounded by a rainbow:....... |
| obverse 13' | (If) he does not... the land |
| obverse 9' | If the Moon in Addaru (XII) on its appearance is surrounded by a halo, and it is dark and dark. |
| reverse 27 | ...... |
| obverse 12' | (If)............. |
| obverse 10' | The Moon is a rainbow, and...... |
| obverse 3' | (If) a halo is surrounded by a halo and the Pleiades stand inside it and....... |
| reverse 15 | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo, variant: a halo, and ulpae stands in it. |
| reverse 7 | The halo is surrounded by a halo, it is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 7' | (If) his horns are pointed and are red:... and 4 : red. |
| obverse 6' | (If) a...-star is dark and Scorpius stands inside it |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo |
| obverse 16' | ... 30... |
| reverse 19 | ... and the Pleiades stand inside it.... |
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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