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BM.46566 (ebl:BM.46566)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.46566 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.46566 |
| Museum no. | BM.46566 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
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 6' | If ditto a man... upon the moon and.... |
| obverse 15' | If the Well-being reaches the moon and sets: reeds will increase; the land will eat food. |
| obverse 21' | If the Well-being reaches the moon and sets: the king will overthrow his enemies. |
| reverse 11 | (If) he sees a sow: he will die. |
| reverse 23 | If the Yoke reaches the Moon and... there is a curse:.... |
| reverse 12 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and reach the king of the land: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 9' | If the Bristle reaches the Moon and sets: the enemy will make an attack. |
| reverse 24 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go into the moon: walled in. |
| reverse 20 | If ditto and gives birth to Sin and... |
| obverse 20' | If the... star comes close to the moon and goes to the midst of the land: the lands will prosper. |
| obverse 14' | If the... star comes close to the moon and...: the land will prosper; there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 17' | If the... star approaches the moon and goes to the front of the Moon: evil will be present in the land. |
| obverse 19' | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and goes to the Moon: Ea will enter the flood in the land. |
| reverse 21 | If ditto (a man) approaches the moon and goes into the moon: she will die. |
| obverse 16' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go into the moon: the trees of the land will not raise a claim. |
| reverse 14 | (If) they are dead: the moon will die like their stomachs; they will die. |
| reverse 6 | If the... star comes close to the moon and follows the command of the king to the moon: the king will die and nobody will die. |
| reverse 16 | (If) he is a king of peace and he is a king of the land: that land will become happy. |
| obverse 5' | If a star... in front of the moon and... the lions.... |
| obverse 26' | If the... star comes close to the moon and goes...: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 25' | If the Well-being reaches the moon and goes to the moon: Adad will enter the land. |
| reverse 19 | If the Kidney Star approaches the Moon and gives birth to.... |
| reverse 18 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go into the moon: there will be famine and. |
| reverse 3 | If the... star approaches the... star and goes straight: the days of the prince will end. :....... |
| obverse 23' | If the... star approaches the moon and goes to the moon: Adad will make a decision in the land. |
| reverse 9 | If the Kidney Star reaches the Moon and goes into the Moon: the city wall and its people will be reconciled. |
| obverse 2' | If the... star approaches the moon and.... |
| obverse 12' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and take place: there will be deaths in the land. |
| obverse 24' | If the Well-being reaches the moon and.... |
| reverse 29 | ... the wife of the king |
| reverse 25 | If the... star approaches the moon and... a king of the land's midst.... |
| reverse 1 | If the Bristle reaches the Moon and....... |
| obverse 7' | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and goes up to the Moon: lions. |
| obverse 8' | If the... star approaches the moon and goes to the rear of the Twins: in the land(?) |
| reverse 5 | If the Well-being reaches the top of the Moon and goes into the midst of the Moon: in that month an eclipse will take place and.... |
| reverse 26 | If the Pleiades come close to Sin and go: the king will go wherever he goes. The enemy will... |
| obverse 22' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go to the moon: Adad will devastate the land. |
| obverse 1' | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and goes into the midst of the Moon. |
| reverse 13 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go into the moon: a woman will enter the midst of the intestines of the heart. |
| obverse 3' | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and.... |
| reverse 10 | If the... star approaches the moon and goes to the end of the reign of the king: the father of the king will seize the gods. |
| obverse 10' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and enter into the moon: the king will die in battle and his city and his people will be at peace. |
| reverse 4 | If the Pleiades come close to the hand of the moon and go to the left: the day will be full of....... |
| reverse 15 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go to the gods: the land will become happy. |
| reverse 27 | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and goes into the midst of the Moon.... |
| obverse 11' | If the... star approaches the moon and goes straight: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 4' | If the Well-being reaches the top of the Moon and goes to the top of the Moon: in the land(?) decision(?) |
| reverse 17 | If the Well-being reaches the Moon and... a king....... |
| obverse 18' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go to Enlil: evil will be present in the land. |
| reverse 7 | If the... star comes close to the moon and goes to the land: evil. |
| reverse 8 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go to the land of whose hunger and famine are seen: good fortune. |
| reverse 22 | If the Orion comes close to the moon and goes to the moon: the reign of the king.... |
| reverse 28 | If the... star approaches the moon and goes to the front of the moon: the king will make his land great. |
| reverse 2 | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go into the moon: harvest of barley.... |
| obverse 13' | If the Pleiades come close to the moon and go to the moon: there will be deaths in the land. |
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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