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BM.40085 (ebl:BM.40085)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Šamaš (EAE 23–35), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40085 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40085 |
| Museum no. | BM.40085 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Šamaš (EAE 23–35) |
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 11' | If in Ilu (Month I) the sun is surrounded by a halo: the king will enter the palace. |
| reverse 28' | Tablet of Bel-uallim, scribe of Babylon. |
| reverse 10' | If it is surrounded with it for the 20th time: fall of harvest of my land. |
| reverse 8' | If the sun rises with it: fall of the king of Subartu; he will die and end his reign. |
| reverse 24' | If its right side is seen with the sun: a reign of the king of Amurru. |
| obverse 16 | If on the 13th day: he will die. The 20th, he will die. Ditto: the land will die. |
| obverse 2 | If in Nisannu (I) the sun rises and the day is dark: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 27' | If there is a mole in the land: attack of the 29th tablet. |
| obverse 19 | If on the 16th day: the land will become poor; the land will become confused; the king will come to his wife(?) |
| reverse 9' | If its place is dark in front of the sun: rains will fall in the sky. |
| reverse 18' | If with him a 'foot'-mark is located on the right of the 'finger': the city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 15' | If it is surrounded with it for the 20th time: the heir of the king will become strong and... his father will seize the throne. |
| obverse 17 | In the land of the king... |
| obverse 23 | If on the xth day, on the 18th day, ditto (or) on the 29th day: the land will widen his understanding. |
| reverse 17' | If its right horn is 2: the city will fall; the king will die with famine and famine; alternatively, the weapon will be scattered. |
| reverse 20' | If it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark: there will be a 'weapon'-mark of the army. |
| obverse 18 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it emerges and the ewe gives birth to a lion: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 14' | If it is surrounded by a lunar halo: the land will become confused. |
| obverse 11 | If on the thirtieth day he sees a pig and he sees a fever: the lands will be scattered; alternatively,... to the land...... will not exist. |
| reverse 22' | If the sun rises with it: fall of the gods of Akkad for evil. |
| obverse 13 | If on the day of disappearance of the moon a fever afflicts the lands: the king will afflict him. |
| reverse 23' | If it is surrounded by a halo on the left of the sun: there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| obverse 6 | If in Nisannu (I) on the 1st day the sun rises and the day is dark: the king will die and there will be hostilities in the land. |
| obverse 15 | If on the 8th day: on the 10th day ditto: 2 lines stand on the left. |
| obverse 20 | (If) ditto, the land will be destroyed: the king will go out of his mood and will die. With the son of the king of the land... the king will go out of his head wherever he goes in his land. |
| reverse 16' | If in Ab (V) the sun is surrounded by a halo: there will be a severe flood and the land will become stable. |
| obverse 21 | If on the 16th day ditto, on the 17th day: the land will be devastated. The enemy will devastate the land, and the king will die and give him to the land. |
| reverse 4' | If it is surrounded by a dark spot: the king of Elam will die. |
| reverse 19' | If it is seen with it: there will be a severe weapon. |
| reverse 2' | If with him a 'foot'-mark is located on the right of the sun: he will pay back the barley and straw. |
| obverse 12 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: variant: the land will make a reed pig. |
| reverse 26' | If the sun rises in the evenings: the month ibu and the land of Akkad will devour. |
| obverse 22 | If on the... day he sees a pig: the land will be confused; the king will overthrow his head. |
| obverse 10 | If on the day of the fourth day he sees a fog and he sees a fog: the enemy will devastate the land, and the young man's land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 12' | If its place is dark on the right of the sun: fall of field in the land. |
| obverse 1 | If in Nisannu (I) the sun sets: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 14 | If on the 7th day ditto: evil will be placed in the land and the king will die.... |
| reverse 1' | If in eri-ibni the sun is surrounded by a halo: Adad will devastate the barley. |
| obverse 8 | If he is ill for a third time: the land will become distant. |
| reverse 5' | If it is darkened with it: fall of the king of Guti. |
| obverse 3 | If in Nisannu (I) a land gives birth to 20 ginû-plants: he will die. |
| reverse 21' | If in Lullube (Month XII) the sun is surrounded by a halo: Erra will devour in the land. |
| reverse 3' | If its right horn is dark: there will be evil and snakes in the land. |
| reverse 13' | If it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark on the left of the sun: the king of the Westland will widen his understanding. |
| reverse 7' | If the sun rises with it: fall of the king of Enunna. |
| obverse 4 | If in Nisannu (I) there is a fever: there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| reverse 6' | If in Pisces (Month IX) the sun is surrounded by a halo: there will be an adaminu-disease in the land and the enemy will seize the land. |
| obverse 9 | If he sees a thirtieth day and the day is dark: the land will be destroyed, variant: the king will come out of his city and... weapons. |
| reverse 25' | If it is surrounded with it for the 20th time: a reign of the king of the Westland. |
| obverse 5 | If in Nisannu (I) on the 14th day ditto on the 11th day a solar eclipse takes place in the land: there will be famine. |
| obverse 7 | If the day is seen and the day is dark:... will die. |
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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