Babylonian Astrology - Cuneiform Tablets

Definition: [Babylonian Omen Astrology] Tablet lists, from The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon: Vol II, R Cambell Thompson, London, March 1st, 1900.

Each omen comes from a particular tablet held in the collection of the British Museum. The lists below are in the form of, for example, "871, 185 : etc." This indicates that omen number 185 came from tablet K.871.


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Links to "The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon":


	Descriptive List of the Astrological Reports

	Preface
	Introduction

I - VII	Omens from the Moon
VIII	Omens from the Sun
IX	Omens from Stars
X	Omens from Clouds
XI	Omens from the Moon's Disappearance
XII	Omens from Storms
XIII	Omens from Thunder
XIV	Omens from Earthquakes
XV	Omens from Eclipses
XVI	Omens from Akulutum*
XVII	Omens from Births

	K Lists
	Index

*Meaning unknown: possibly rust or mildew.

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