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BRM 4, 13 (P296524)
Divination, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296524 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01874 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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 16 | In the land of the king, it is favourable. |
| reverse 53 | The coils of the colon are like a liu-drum. |
| obverse 35 | The coils of the colon are like a stele. Narm-Sîn |
| reverse 65 | If the coils of the colon are like the front of Humhum: the king will rule the lands. |
| reverse 50 | The coils of the colon are like a harharru-vessel. |
| obverse 24 | If the coils of the colon are like a snare: the throne will rise and the throne will be split. |
| obverse 27 | The coils of the colon are like a snake. |
| obverse 34 | The coils of the colon are like a 'finger'. |
| obverse 19 | If the coils of the colon are like a... and are curved over its thighs: he will die. |
| obverse 14 | The coils of the colon are like Elam. |
| reverse 78 | (If) it is surrounded by a lunar halo. |
| reverse 52 | If the coils of the colon are like a knot: my Itar-iddin will die. |
| obverse 40 | If the coils of the colon are like a stone: the prince will enter the wall. |
| reverse 60 | The coils of the colon are as secure as the 'weapon'-mark of the king. |
| obverse 33 | The coils of the colon are like a pigeon. |
| obverse 1 | The coils of the colon are like the'strength' of the end of the reign. |
| obverse 2 | or the king comes out from the troops and goes down with his troops. |
| obverse 22 | The coils of the colon are like the quay of the Quru. |
| reverse 79 | The palace's 'well-being' is not present. The reign of the king, the end of the throne, will change; the enemy will die. |
| reverse 59 | If the coils of the colon are like a tavern and go behind them, they will devastate the property of the land. |
| reverse 55 | The coils of the colon are like the feet of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 48 | The coils of the colon are like the head of the 'weapon'-mark of the army. |
| obverse 31 | The coils of the colon are like the'strength' of a god and a goddess. |
| obverse 42 | The coils of the colon are like stones. The 'weapon'-mark of the king's weapon is stable. |
| reverse 67 | If the coils of the colon are like a lamassu-tree: there will be a king of the world in the land. |
| reverse 73 | If the coils of the colon are like a ukallu-plant: his army will be either of the administrator or of the soldiers who are in his army. |
| reverse 82 | Year 99, king Antiochus. |
| reverse 64 | The coils of the colon are as thick as the base of the army. |
| reverse 70 | The king should go wherever he goes. |
| obverse 23 | The coils of the colon are like a thorn. The bed of Enlil brings to the land for evil. |
| reverse 71 | The coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark. |
| obverse 37 | The coils of the colon are like the 'finger.' |
| obverse 18 | If the coils of the colon are like a raging erru: Naram-Sin of Apial will die. |
| obverse 12 | The coils of the colon are like a 'well-being'. |
| reverse 62 | Adad will devastate the rains (and) the floods will dwell in the cities. |
| obverse 32 | The coils of the colon are like a date palm. |
| reverse 81 | son of Ina-qibit-Anu descendant of Ekur-zakir, exorcist of Anu and Antu. Uruk and Uruk. Ayyaru (II)4.7 |
| reverse 74 | will fall into the bank of the river. |
| obverse 10 | The coils of the colon are like a pig. |
| reverse 68 | The coils of the colon are like a bull. |
| obverse 39 | If the coils of the colon are like the nest of the prince's city. |
| obverse 7 | The coils of the colon are like a bow to the left of the gall bladder. |
| obverse 43 | If the coils of the colon are like a censer: the prince will have no rival. |
| obverse 4 | The coils of the colon are like a tilpnu-vessel. |
| reverse 46 | The coils of the colon are like flour. |
| obverse 3 | The coils of the colon are as thick as the 'finger.' |
| obverse 29 | If the coils of the colon are like Mars: the prince will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 17 | The coils of the colon are like the heart of a fish. The king is strong and has no opponent. |
| reverse 49 | The coils of the colon are like a squabble. |
| obverse 11 | The coils of the colon are like a 'well-being'. |
| reverse 54 | The coils of the colon are like the itu-disease of the land. |
| obverse 41 | The coils of the colon are like a stone. The enemy enters the wall. |
| reverse 69 | The coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark. |
| reverse 66 | The coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark of the palace. |
| reverse 58 | If the coils of the colon are like a tavern, they will go straight to their fronts. |
| reverse 47 | The coils of the colon are like the base of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 75 | The coils of the colon are like the'strength' of the royal throne. |
| reverse 76 | The coils of the colon are like the ribs of the south wind. There will be hunger in the land. |
| obverse 25 | The coils of the colon are like the black-headed ones of the diviner. |
| reverse 80 | Tablet of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-belunu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, exorcist of Anu and Antu. |
| obverse 5 | The coils of the colon are like a 'well-being'. |
| reverse 45 | The coils of the colon are like a 'weapon'-mark of kingship. |
| obverse 26 | The coils of the colon are like a 'finger.' |
| obverse 8 | The coils of the colon are like the breasts of a snake. |
| reverse 72 | If he goes, he will not acquire an opponent. |
| reverse 51 | The coils of the colon are like a halhalitu. |
| reverse 57 | The coils of the colon are like the sheaves. |
| obverse 21 | The coils of the colon are like necks. |
| obverse 9 | If the coils of the colon are like the 'well-being' of the prince. |
| reverse 63 | The coils of the colon are like the head of an ox. |
| obverse 36 | The coils of the colon are as thick as the bed of the king. |
| obverse 20 | There will be famine and famine in the land. |
| obverse 13 | If the coils of the colon are like Elam: the prince's reign will change. |
| obverse 28 | The coils of the colon are like the totality of your dwelling. |
| obverse 30 | The coils of the colon are like a lion. |
| edge 0 | By the command of Anu and Antu may it be well. |
| reverse 77 | The coils of the colon are like the feet of a man. |
| obverse 6 | The coils of the colon are like a bow to the right of the prince. |
| obverse 38 | If the coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark: the enemy will enter the prince's land. |
| reverse 61 | If the coils of the colon are like the crown of Enlil: to the land for evil will make the sea subdue. |
| obverse 15 | The coils of the colon are like the set of the brothers of the prince. |
| reverse 44 | If the coils of the colon are like a cypress and are swollen: the lord of the land will not prosper. |
| reverse 56 | The coils of the colon are like the shekel. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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