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BM.40768 (ebl:BM.40768)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40768 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40768 |
| Museum no. | BM.40768 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | ...... slander(?) |
| obverse 12 | ...... they enter in it... their... |
| reverse 2' | ... came out... 3(?) fingers in the east |
| obverse 3 | In his land... the enemy... |
| reverse 13' | ... eclipse of the moon(?) |
| reverse 12' | ...... a solar eclipse... |
| reverse 8' | ... on the 15th day: an eclipse... 30/20... |
| obverse 4 | ... the land of..., brother(?) |
| top 14' | ... the... of the house to |
| obverse 13 | ... his..., the heart of the land is not good, Enlil |
| obverse 9 | (If) his breast is burnt and in the land(?) of the king his breast is... his throne |
| obverse 6 | before...... the kings... |
| reverse 11' | (If) it is 3/6? of its day: in the 6th month an eclipse (of the moon) will take place... |
| reverse 9' | ... on the 15th day... all of it... |
| obverse 8 | ... in that year(?)...... |
| obverse 2 | ...... incantation... |
| obverse 10 | In the mouth(?) of Enlil, in the mouth(?) you place (it) and its great ones |
| reverse 10' | ... From the day of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month(?) of the month |
| reverse 5' | abau (Month XI), 15th day, before the eclipse of the moon |
| obverse 11 | ...... the king that... and in their heart... |
| reverse 6' | (In) the month of..., the 15th day... an eclipse in the evening watch |
| reverse 7' | (If) in the month of Duuzu (Month IV), in the month of Duuzu (Month IV), tablet of the 28th day: ama will make an eclipse. |
| reverse 4' | (If) in Abu (Month V), on the 13th day an eclipse takes place: the moon will... |
| reverse 3' | ... in the north,... south |
| obverse 7 | ... light... his... will not return |
| obverse 1 | ... Sîn(?) makes an eclipse(?) |
| obverse 5 | ...... : not good... |
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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