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CT 41, pl. 20-21, BM 038585 (P479356)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 41, pl. 20-21, BM 038585 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479356 |
| Museum no. | BM 038585 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Omens |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 6 | (If) he... the ground(?): he will recover. |
| obverse 20 | If a rival gives birth to a man |
| reverse 15 | ... a threshing floor... he fell. |
| obverse 7 | If he is ill with a lu'tu-disease: he will die. |
| obverse 16 | If his ear is dark: he will become rich. |
| reverse 10 | If the Moon reaches the star: the king will become happy. |
| reverse 7 | If it is raining: Enlil will give evil. |
| reverse 3 | If his feet are swollen: he will acquire a son. |
| obverse 22 | If he is seized by...: barley and silver will accrue. |
| obverse 21 | If a sorcerer sees a sorcerer |
| obverse 5 | If the earth quakes, Nergal.... |
| reverse 5 | If a dog is located on the site of a lion: he will become a widow. |
| obverse 19 | If he sees a dream: the land will build a house. |
| obverse 17 | If its horn is thick: |
| reverse 13 | If the day is dark: there will be hostilities. |
| obverse 13 | If he is ill with beer: he will recover. |
| obverse 2 | If the earth...................... |
| obverse 18 | If he is ill: he will become a servant. |
| reverse 9 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 14th day: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 12 | If the sun becomes eclipsed: the land will experience sorrow. |
| reverse 16 | (If) a man is seized by a man: he will be satisfied. |
| reverse 11 | If the Moon becomes visible on the 14th day: the land will be scattered. |
| reverse 1 | If there is a mole on the... of the weapon. |
| obverse 14 | If his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| reverse 8 | If the sun is dark: he will die. |
| reverse 6 | If he is a nadtu of the snake |
| reverse 4 | If a man's body is stricken with evil |
| obverse 8 | If he is ill with a liar: he will die. |
| obverse 15 | If his eyes are dark: he will become rich. |
| obverse 1 | If.......... |
| obverse 3 | If he is ill with oil: he will die in.... |
| obverse 12 | If the earth quakes, the enemy will die. |
| obverse 9 | If he sees a hole with oil: he will recover. |
| reverse 2 | If his eyes are black: he will become rich. |
| reverse 14 | If the day is dark: enemy attack. |
| obverse 10 | If he is ill with the earth: he will die. |
| obverse 11 | If the earth quakes(?) with a sarbuer plant(?) |
| obverse 23 | If a sorcery is established and.... |
| obverse 4 | If he is ill with life, he will die.... |
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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