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BM.47461 (ebl:BM.47461)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial > Enūma Anu Enlil > Ištar (EAE 50–68), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47461 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47461 |
| Museum no. | BM.47461 |
| 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 18 | Adad will devastate (and) devastation will occur in the land. |
| obverse 26 | ...... |
| reverse 25' | Nabû-mutir-umu-uuru, son of oxen-drivers, to his (own) name and to his (own) name and to his (own) name Nabû-umu-iddin, his son. |
| reverse 14' | If a star stands in the sky and like a snake and a mountain appears in front of its enemy. |
| obverse 14 | If the Panther reaches Mercury and stands there and stands there: the weapon of Nergal, the strong one, will destroy the land. |
| reverse 12' | If a star stands in the sky and like a bronze ring - Ea will make the land bow down to me. |
| reverse 1' | If Mars is dark: the people who see a hunger. |
| reverse 21' | If a star stands in the sky and like a fish: the land will be destroyed. : If a star stands in the sky and like a pappardilû-stone: the lands will be destroyed. |
| obverse 17 | If the Twins come close to the Pabilsag: the people will become angry and his brother will kill his brother. |
| reverse 10' | If a star stands in the sky and like a locust, the harvest of the land will eat in locusts. |
| obverse 5 | The king will make a rebellion against the king and the king will kill him in his palace. |
| obverse 15 | If his eyes are very white and he will die. |
| obverse 21 | If a planet approaches Jupiter:... will become poor. |
| obverse 4 | If the Field stars in its left horn and one star in its left horn is very bright. |
| reverse 26' | he sat down in Esagil. |
| reverse 20' | If a star stands in the sky and like a fog: evil will come to an end in the land. |
| obverse 12 | If the Kidney Star approaches the Panther: lions and wolves will attack. |
| reverse 23' | If a star stands in the sky and like a snare: rains and floods will enter the land. |
| reverse 15' | If the stars of heaven fall and, like the north wind, the people of the land will diminish Adad. |
| obverse 9 | (If) he sees a lord ditto and he goes to the palace: the prince will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 25 | If... rain, rain, a flood will come out. |
| reverse 5' | He fills the ziggurrat with an azuqû-vessel. |
| obverse 16 | If his eyes are very red: pregnant women will die. |
| reverse 2' | (If) the cows of Nergal are swollen: life of the wide ox. |
| obverse 20 | ...... of the people of the land. |
| obverse 13 | (If) he eats ewes, as much as there is, he will die. |
| reverse 6' | If Marduk is dark: date palms will diminish. |
| reverse 19' | If a star stands in the sky and like an irgilu-demon, there will be a wide army. |
| obverse 8 | (If) a son of a prostitute goes on a campaign: he will devastate his skin; the king who is killed on a throne; he will seize the throne which cannot approach him. |
| reverse 7' | If the Kidney Star is darkened: Nergal will be at peace and Enlil will be at peace. |
| obverse 7 | If the U.PA-star approaches the Bull of Heaven: the people of the land will not become happy. |
| obverse 23 | If a star...... rivers: their fish. |
| obverse 2 | If the Fish approaches the Bow: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 1 | If Itar-stars ditto: Dr-nr will approach ulpa’e. |
| reverse 22' | If a star stands in the sky and appears like gold (gloss: new break). |
| reverse 24' | 'qt when Anu, the great one, father of the gods, |
| reverse 8' | If the Scorpion is dark: the king of Elam will kill him like a snake in his rage. |
| reverse 11' | If a star stands in the sky and is like a thorn of gold: he will destroy the name of Enlil. |
| reverse 17' | If a star reaches the sky and is located like Egia-ama and its brother will not prosper. |
| reverse 13' | If a star rises in the sky and is like a Scorpion: the prince will die. |
| obverse 22 | (If) there is a severe fever in the harvest, there will be a severe fever in the harvest. |
| obverse 3 | there will be rains and floods, and sesame and dates will prosper. |
| reverse 18' | If a star stands in the sky and like a snake - Adad will devastate in front of that year. |
| obverse 6 | (If) he sees a mountain: the king will have mercy; the land will have mercy. |
| reverse 9' | If the Lion is dark: lions and wolves will fall and the people will die. |
| reverse 16' | (If) a star stands in the sky and is like a lion: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 3' | (If) he is ill for the harvest, he is ill for the harvest, he is ill for the harvest. |
| obverse 11 | If the Eagle approaches the Kidney Star: there will be frost and famine in the land. |
| obverse 10 | (If) he is ill for the property of the king: fire will fall. |
| obverse 19 | If the Fish approaches the Field: there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| obverse 24 | ...... the people of the land will make whole. |
| reverse 4' | If the Yoke is dark: there will be famine in the hoe; there will be famine among the gods of the land for the enemy. |
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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