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BM.41031 (ebl:BM.41031)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Ištar (EAE 50–68), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.41031 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.41031 |
| Museum no. | BM.41031 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Ištar (EAE 50–68) |
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 5' | If a planet stands in front of the moon: in that year there will be deaths. : If a planet stands in front of ama: in that year the field will diminish. |
| reverse 2' | If the Bristle to the man |
| reverse 3' | If a solar disk becomes visible in a month: rain and flood |
| reverse 6' | If there is a mole on the heavens of the sheep:... |
| obverse 8' | If Venus rises and reaches the End: there will be a strong weapon of Erra in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If the anomaly of Mars becomes visible: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 3' | If a planet stands in the left horn of the moon: there will be famine in the land of Amurru. : If a planet stands in the left horn of the moon: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 7' | If the Bow reaches and Dilimbat and follows it: there will be a severe illness in the land. |
| obverse 11' | If a ram goes to the west: Nergal. |
| obverse 6' | If the Pleiades and Dilimbat come close: deaths will take place in the land. |
| reverse 9' | If Mars becomes eclipsed: the cattle of the Westland will be destroyed. |
| obverse 9' | If a planet rises and follows (it): Erra will devour the land. There will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse 4' | If a field is surrounded by a halo: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | If in the sky there is a mole on the side of a sheep: he will approach the path of the land. |
| obverse 1' | ... |
| obverse 2' | If the Arrow stands in the middle of the moon: in that year a cloud will be bowed down in the land. |
| reverse 10' | If Mars is dark: he will die and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse 8' | If the black-headed people of the Arrow are in opposition: the land will become happy. In that year a enemy will attack and.... |
| obverse 10' | If a planet rises and passes by, there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 13' | The king will send angry messages to the king. There will be a severe flood in the land. At the harvest, there will be a severe flood... |
| reverse 11' | If the reddish stars of Mars appear in the east: in that year a enemy will attack and the land will diminish. That enemy will fall in his throne and will not go out. |
| obverse 4' | If a planet stands in Gemini: in that year the animals of the land will fall. Ditto; the land will be destroyed.... |
| obverse 12' | If a planet comes close to Jupiter: the field will be destroyed, the irrigated fields will be scattered. Erra will devour in the land. The water of the land will change. |
| reverse 5' | If a field stands at the Crab and a meteor rises. |
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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