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IM.45906 (ebl:IM.45906)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | IM.45906 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:IM.45906 |
| Museum no. | IM.45906 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 10 | If the horn of the horn is dark (means): the day is seen and the day 15 stands in front of ama. |
| obverse 14 | If in Ayyaru (Month II), ditto in front of the Moon it stands 1 star : Mars stands in front of the Moon. |
| obverse 9 | If the sun reaches the sun and follows it closely, (or): on the day of the nadtu (temple) he constantly seeks out the hand and |
| obverse 13 | If the Moon does not cross in Nisannu (I) : that of the day will not occur. |
| obverse 4 | If the Moon at its rising rises: : (variant:) it will be dark on the 15th day. |
| obverse 5 | If he is ill : the 14th day is dark and |
| reverse 1' | May Adad and ala curse him with my hand, may he not see my hand. |
| obverse 6 | If he sees a ezi-plant: on the 12th day, on the 13th day: with ama. |
| obverse 3 | ... : (If) on the day of disappearance of the moon he sees a halo on the right side. |
| obverse 16 | If in ditto (Month X), on the 1st day, 2 stars stand in front of the moon. |
| obverse 11 | If the moon and sun are in opposition and Adad thunders between them. |
| obverse 8 | If he enters the midst of a cloud and stands there : in the women's quarters there will be a cloud. |
| obverse 17 | ......... : on the fourth day...... |
| obverse 2 | ... as many as he said : |
| obverse 7 | If there is a mole on the 14th day: he will be well. |
| obverse 15 | If in Abu (Month V) he does not cross (the road) in Ululu (Month V), on the 1st day: the Moon is surrounded by a cloud and a cloud. : On the 1st day....... |
| obverse 1 | ... Mars approaches him and : the Crook : ditto |
| obverse 12 | If the Moon rises in the east : in front of ama: the threshing floor will come out. |
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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