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BM.45743 (ebl:BM.45743)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Sîn (EAE 1–22), Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BM.45743 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.45743 |
| Museum no. | BM.45743 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 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 2 | If the Pleiades stand inside it: deaths will take place and the enemy will eat. |
| reverse 9' | Tablet(?) of...-ndin-ahi,... their lord, son of... |
| obverse 8 | If the Shepherd of Anu stands inside it: the king will exercise world dominion. |
| reverse 7' | (If) a small land goes out to the land: the king will reach his land and will devastate his land. |
| reverse 4' | ... king of the land... |
| obverse 9 | If the Moon at its appearance - its right horn rains: an eclipse. |
| reverse 5' | It is the sixth tablet (of the series) |
| obverse 5 | If the Pleiades stand in its left horn: death in Akkad. |
| obverse 7 | If the Moon, at its appearance, the Shepherd of Anu stands in its top: in that year, the king of the land will make a great land small. |
| obverse 6 | If the Pleiades stand in front of it: the land.... |
| obverse 3 | If the Pleiades stand inside its horns: deaths will occur and the Pleiades will die. |
| reverse 8' | (If) his seed (is) from a tree, a reed tree of Babylon(?) and the eye(?)... |
| reverse 1' | If the... star stands at its left: the 3rd year?.... |
| obverse 1 | If the Moon at its appearance stands in the middle of its left horn: the king will exercise world dominion. |
| obverse 11 | If it is dark in its right horn: he will become satisfied. |
| reverse 11' | ... Antiochus, the king |
| reverse 2' | the land(?) Amurru eats. The king of that land will take it away from his throne. |
| obverse 10 | If its left horn is black: an eclipse of the middle watch. |
| reverse 10' | descendant of PN?. Month..., day 1. |
| obverse 12 | If the Moon is surrounded by a red horn: rains will come. |
| reverse 3' | If a star stands at its left: year: “....” |
| reverse 6' | If the Moon at its appearance on the 1st of Nisannu (I): the horn of the sky will diminish. |
| obverse 4 | If the Pleiades stand in its right horn: deaths will occur in Marqasu. |
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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