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JCS 76, Tablet A (BM 022696) (P544778)
Omens, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 76, Tablet A (BM 022696) |
|---|---|
| ID | P544778 |
| Museum no. | BM 022696 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Omens |
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 31 | (If) the upper part (of) Nnru is located on the fourteenth day: a king will die; the enemy will kill him; the land will be destroyed; his river will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7 | The upper part in the evening, the lower part in the evening |
| obverse 18 | The upper part (of the month) Nisannu (I) is elevated. The king will write to the king a nukurtu-offering. |
| obverse 25 | (If) the upper part (of) the south on the sixteenth day is located: the king will leave his troops, and with a weapon he will kill his enemy, and his throne will be seized. His river will be destroyed. |
| obverse 14 | The upper part is located on the fourteenth day of Nisannu. The king of Akkad is well. |
| reverse 61 | The upper part is elevated. The 21st day is present. The king of the land will make the tremble. |
| obverse 27 | The upper part (of the month) Duzu (umma ntu) is located on the right. In the morning, whatever in the river will be dissolved, there will be famine, and the errû-demon will be dissolved from his father's throne, and the king of the land ubaru |
| reverse 60 | The upper part is elevated on the 20th day. |
| obverse 4 | 'Antalu is the one who is afraid of everything, he will not be able to seize anything, he will be able to seize everything. |
| reverse 54 | The upper part is elevated. The sixteenth day is favourable. The king's life will be long. |
| edge 73 | The upper part is Eriekun. The 15th day is favourable. |
| obverse 3 | The upper part is elevated in the evening. |
| obverse 17 | The upper part (of the month) Nisannu (I), the nineteenth day, (the day) elapsed. |
| reverse 39 | The upper part (of) Ullu (VI) is located on the sixteenth day: the king of the land of the halubtu-disease will enter the land of the almu-disease. |
| obverse 34 | The upper part is elevated. The sixteenth day is favourable. |
| reverse 57 | The upper part is elevated. On the fourteenth day the god is present. The awe-inspiring brilliance, the radiance, and the barley will be diminished. |
| reverse 68 | (If) there is an eclipse in the month of Addaru (XII) on the 15th day: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 49 | The upper part is in Elul (VI), the sixteenth day. |
| reverse 62 | (If) the upper part of abau (umma lu) is located on the 14th day: heaven and earth will be set up; the harvest will be piled up; the enemy will be piled up. The king will take the road with his troops and he will take the road to the land. |
| reverse 38 | (If) the upper part of Ullu (VI) is located on the 15th day: the king's son will kill his father and he will seize his throne. |
| obverse 2 | The upper part in the middle of the 'finger' is elevated. |
| reverse 65 | The upper part (of) abau (umma lu) is located on the 20th day. |
| edge 35 | The upper part is located on the 20th day of Nergal. The lions are torn out and. |
| reverse 41 | The upper part (of) Ullu is elevated on the twenty-first day. The king's throne will not be established. |
| obverse 1 | The upper part in the threshing floor to her husband |
| reverse 56 | The upper part is elevated. The twenty-first day is present. |
| obverse 32 | (If) there is an eclipse in Ab (V) on the 15th day: reliable speech will be established in the sky; the harvest will increase; the king will establish peace for the king. |
| reverse 67 | The upper part (of) the month of Addaru (XII), on the fourteenth day, a dog was snatched and as much as he (= the king) was snatched up, (but) no one was snatched up. The napnu was snatched and the people of their snatched up for silver. |
| edge 36 | The upper part is elevated on the 21st day. |
| obverse 33 | The upper part (of) Nergal on the sixteenth day is located: Nergal will take the lead. |
| reverse 50 | The upper part is elevated on the 20th day. |
| obverse 5 | (and) the upper part in its midst he smote, together he smote, together he smote, (and) the king smote the rebellious. |
| reverse 71 | The upper part is elevated on the 21st day of Ullu. The utterance of the land will be dispersed. |
| obverse 13 | The enzi-priestess, the exalted one, the utterance of the napantu-priestess |
| obverse 20 | The upper part is elevated. The fourteenth day is present. The king of the world will die. The land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 28 | (If) there is an eclipse in the month of Duzu (IV) on the sixteenth day: there will be famine. |
| obverse 30 | The upper part is elevated. The twenty-first day is set: the Adad will devastate my enemies. |
| reverse 43 | (If) there is a mole on the right of the day of the month Tartu (X) on the face of the day of the month of the month of the month of the month of the month of Addaru: the harvest will diminish; the harvest will diminish. |
| obverse 19 | The upper part is elevated on Nisannu (I). The 21st day is favourable. |
| obverse 15 | The upper part is located on the 15th day of Nisannu. The people of their extispicy are bought and acquired. The people of their extispicy are purchased and acquired. |
| obverse 9 | the upper side on the north, the lower side, |
| reverse 70 | The upper part is ebtu (X). The 20th day is present. |
| edge 37 | (If) there is an eclipse in Elul (VI) on the fourteenth day: death to the king of the troops will be carried off. |
| obverse 23 | The upper part (of) the month Simanu (III) is located on the fourteenth day: the king whose name he conquered will destroy; the son of the king who to the king shall seize the kingship will seize and the land will attack, and his land will seize. |
| obverse 8 | The upper part is elevated in the evening. |
| obverse 24 | The upper part is elevated on the 15th day. The king, my ancestors, will kill him in a rebellion. |
| reverse 72 | The upper part is elevated on the 14th day. The mighty will be established for them. The people of their dowry will give to silver. |
| reverse 51 | The upper part (of the month) Arasamna (XII), the twenty-first day, the land was smashed. |
| obverse 26 | (If) an eclipse takes place on the fourteenth day: the king whose name is unknown will disappear. (If) there is a flood in the river: the flood will afflict the land. The great land will go to the land small and small. |
| reverse 64 | (If) the upper part of abau (umma lu) on the sixteenth day is located: the city will be seized. (If) his king will be seized, his wall will be destroyed. The king of the land will devastate the king of the land of the lands of the lands and a throne will be seized. |
| edge 74 | The upper part (of the month) Nisannu (I), on the sixteenth day, the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 40 | (If) the upper part (of) Ullu (Month VI) is located on the twentieth day: the king's son will enter his father's house; he will rule the throne. |
| reverse 48 | The upper part is elevated on the 15th day. In the middle of the attu(?), the river will be irrigated and its irrigated area will be destroyed. |
| reverse 66 | The upper part (of) abau (umma lu) is located on the twenty-first day of abau. |
| reverse 42 | The upper part is elevated. The fourteenth day is favourable. The god will be happy. The troops will become frightened. The combat troops of Elam will return to the land. |
| reverse 63 | (If) there is an eclipse in abau (Month XI), on the 15th day: the land of aluqtu and allutu will see; that land will be seized. The king will die. The son of the king will not take away the throne. |
| obverse 29 | The upper part (of the month) Duzu (XII) is located on the 20th day. The RIRIGA of Elam will enter into the open country. |
| reverse 69 | The upper part is elevated on the sixteenth day of Ullu. |
| obverse 16 | The upper part is located on the sixteenth day of Nisannu. The god in a lord's heart has sprinkled. The Great Star reaches the city. The king's and his people's hands are sprinkling. The black-headed people speak, and the bull destroys it. |
| obverse 21 | The upper part (of) the month Ayyru (VII) is located on the right. The city is king and no one. The king sends a nukku-offering to the king. |
| reverse 52 | The upper part is elevated. The fourteenth day is favourable. The battle of the troops of Elam to the land is favourable. |
| obverse 10 | The divine lord smote me, and he smote me. The blood of the Elamite and the land of the Qutum for the loss |
| reverse 44 | The upper part is elevated. On the sixteenth day: the king of the world will die. |
| reverse 55 | The upper part is elevated. On the 20th day, there will be a festival. |
| reverse 45 | The upper part is elevated. On the 20th day: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 11 | The god Sîn from that he brought back and to the east he went. The upper side of the land Akkad the ubaru and the west to Elam and the land Qutu he carried off. |
| obverse 22 | (If) there is an eclipse (in) the eighth day of Ayyaru (XII): the king will see (the eclipse); the land will be destroyed for a second time. |
| reverse 59 | The upper part is elevated on the sixteenth day. Its throne will be seized. |
| obverse 6 | The upper part is elevated in the evening and has turned back. |
| reverse 53 | (If) an eclipse takes place at the quay on the 15th day: the enemy will devastate the land. |
| obverse 12 | The enzû-priestess smote me, and as far as the sea he stood, the upper part and the lower part |
| reverse 47 | The upper part is elevated on the fourteenth day. In heaven and earth, whatever in the river shall be held back, cattle and people will exist. In the face of a fate, a fate will be established for him, and he will raise a claim over the land. |
| reverse 58 | The upper part is elevated on the 15th day. There will be famine in the sky. |
| reverse 46 | The upper part is elevated on the 21st day. |
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- 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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