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BRM 4, 23 (P479277)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479277 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01882 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] _gub3# gar_ [...] | ... stands ... ... |
| 2' | [...] _zag gar_ ana# _en inim#-[szu2 ...] | ... is located on the right: to his adversary .... |
| 3' | [...] _gir3#_-szu2# _gub3 gar en ti_ [...] | ... its foot is set ...: the lord ... .... |
| 4' | [...] _murgu# gir3_-szu2 _zag gar_ ina te!-ir-ti-szu2 _du10_-ub _sza3-bi gar_-szu2 | ... is located on the right of his foot: in his extispicy good fortune will be established for him. |
| 5' | [_DISZ_ ina] _murgu# gir3#_-szu2# _gub3# gar#_ ina _ka_-szu2 _idim_-ma _szesz-mesz_-szu2 u2-za-qa2-ru-szu2 | If a sore's surface is located on his hips, he is surrounded by a river in his mouth, and his brothers will kill him. |
| 6' | _DISZ_ pi#-in#-du#-u2 ka#-la# _gir3#_-szu2# _ta#_ gisz#-szi-szu2 _en_ | If all of his feet are swollen: from his neck to his back. |
| 7' | _murgu# gir3_-szu2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-lu-u2 _na bi la2_-as, ina _sig5#_ | The vertebrae are 15 in number. That one is missing. In good condition. |
| 8' | i-kal-la! _min_ | Ikalla, ditto |
| 9' | _DISZ_ pi-in-du#-u2 1(u) 5(disz) _gar_ nam-risz _gen-gen_-ak | If pidû-marks are located on the right: he will go well. |
| 10' | _DISZ kimin# gub3# diri-mesz_ uh-tam!-mar ul i-tar-ra-as,# | If he sees a mole on the left side, he will not recover. |
| 11' | _DISZ_ pi#-[in]-du-u2 s,a-ar-pu#-te# ka pag-ri-szu2 | If he is constantly afflicted by swollen lips: |
| 12' | ma-lu-u2 _u4-mesz#_-szu2# _gid2#-da-mesz_ x | (If) he is ill: his days will be long . |
| 13' | _DISZ sig7-[mesz] diri# kur#_-ti _szu# tuku#_-szi | If they are yellow: he will acquire a foreign land. |
| 14' | _DISZ ge6#-mesz# diri_ tam-t,a-[x ...] | If black ones are dark: Tamta-... .... |
| 15' | _DISZ_ da-'-mu-tum _diri sza3 hul-la_ | If diarrhoea is thick: the heart of evil. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ_ bu-ru-mu-ti ka-s,a-ru-tu2 _diri sza3-bi nu du10-ga_ | If būrūtu-disease (and) kaṣarûtu (a kind of sulphur) are thick: its inside will not be good. |
| 2 | _DISZ_ ina _sag-du na ib szub-mesz na bi_ ki-a-am _nig2-tuku_ / ki-a-am _uku2_-in | If a man falls on top of a na-vessel: that man, according to the value of the property, will become rich. |
| 3 | _DISZ_ ina _sag-du ib szub na bi_ su-un-qu _igi_-mar | If an anomaly falls on top of a man: that man will experience distress. |
| 4 | _DISZ_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _ib gin7 musz szub_ ina ni-szik _musz ug7_ | If a snake falls on its head like a lizard in a bird's nest: the people will die. |
| 5 | _DISZ_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _ib gin7 gu2-gal mah-gal szub ur-bi-asz2_ / a-na te-ir-ti _gar_-nu-szu2 | If an anomaly falls on its head like a ... on top of a great throne: they will be placed as a pledge. |
| 6 | _DISZ_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _ib gin7 gu2-tur tur szub_ ina _en-nu-un ug7_ | If an anomaly's head is surrounded by a halo like a small turtle, it falls during the night watch: |
| 7 | [_DISZ_ ina] _sag-ki_-szu2 _ib gin7 tag szub gin7_ ar2-ri _gin7 in szub_ / ina _ki-kala_ ina ki-bal_ ina _bar_-ti _dib_-bat | If he is swollen like a pig in his temple: fall of a lamb like an arru-bird; fall of the kikalû-demon in the rebel land; he will seize it in the open country. |
| 8 | [_DISZ] sag-ki-bi ib_ ma-li-a-at! _suhur szub_ ma-a-a-al-lu / _en inim_-szu2 _sig5_-aq ra-i-ma-ni-szu2 | If a man’s forehead is full of oil: alternatively, he falls into a heap of dust: his lord's words will be good; his love. |
| 9 | [...] x-szu2 _ib_-u2 _szub na bi dib_-ma _en inim_-szu2 / i-na-a _du3_-usz _ka-asz2_ | ... his ... fell, that man was seized, and his lord's words he made, and he opened the mouth. |
| 10 | [...] x _igi_-szu2 sza2 _zag ib szub_ ina _sza3-bi_ | ... ... its right eye is paralysed: in it |
| 11 | [...] x _dib_-ma _ug7_ | ... ... passed and died. |
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