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JCS 76, Tablet D (BM 109154) (P544781)
Omens, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 76, Tablet D (BM 109154) |
|---|---|
| ID | P544781 |
| Museum no. | BM 109154 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 11 | the land that has become dilapidated shall destroy |
| obverse col 2 16' | he has spoken to you, and |
| reverse col 4 4 | the haruspex shall die |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... he will seize his throne |
| obverse col 2 19' | whose face I want to praise |
| obverse col 1 1' | The king whose name is |
| obverse col 2 10' | The wall is in the sixteenth day of the year of the king of the land. |
| obverse col 2 13' | The wall in Taritu on the fourteenth day of the Elamite month. |
| obverse col 2 14' | he will live in the land. There will be rejoicing. |
| reverse col 4 1 | In the fifteenth day, the land of aluqtu seized her. |
| obverse col 1 5' | I see a fog on the 15th day of the king. |
| obverse col 2 8' | On the 15th day the son of the king, his father, will die and |
| reverse col 3 9 | The wall in Kislev (IX) is the fourteenth day. |
| reverse col 4 21 | The land that is not a supplication, has been destroyed. |
| reverse col 4 6 | the land he shall take away, his palace |
| obverse col 1 10' | his canal will be irrigated, her ill-wishers will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 1 14' | the great mountain to the land Shertum |
| obverse col 1 11' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 2' | a husband shall place |
| reverse col 3 15 | shall kill him, and the troops |
| reverse col 3 3 | In the face of a storm, a wind blows, and |
| reverse col 4 25 | (If) a fog rolls on the 15th day: Ur. |
| reverse col 3 17 | The wall in the month of ebtu, on the fourteenth day Adad will die. |
| obverse col 2 20' | kingship will be given to him. |
| reverse col 3 23 | and a substantial payment will be paid. |
| reverse col 3 5 | He will dig the wall on the 15th day. |
| reverse col 4 5 | He seizes the king's son without interruption, and |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... they will exist. |
| reverse col 4 9 | ... his king will be entrusted. |
| reverse col 3 18 | Awe-inspiring brilliance, awe-inspiring brilliance, |
| reverse col 4 23 | "The goddess is there, she is there, she is there, she is there, she is there |
| reverse col 4 15 | ...-tu |
| reverse col 3 21 | whatever in the river |
| reverse col 3 19 | and he will recover the barley. |
| reverse col 4 17 | they will be given over to lions and |
| reverse col 3 1 | The wall in Arasamnu (XII) is on the fourteenth day. |
| reverse col 4 7 | he will not pay. |
| obverse col 2 17' | he will be seized, he will be killed. |
| obverse col 2 6' | The wall in Ululu (VI) on the fourteenth day |
| reverse col 3 13 | his wall he shall tear out |
| obverse col 1 13' | In the presence of the god Adad he will become angry. |
| reverse col 4 8 | (If) he is seized on the sixteenth day: the city will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 3 14 | The wall is completed on the sixteenth day of the king. |
| reverse col 3 4 | He brought the water in, he brought the water in. |
| obverse col 1 7' | On the sixteenth day the king in the morning. |
| reverse col 3 10 | the ritual for the land is performed. |
| reverse col 4 2 | and a burial mound they saw. That land |
| reverse col 4 20 | the 19th day, the 20th day, the 1st day: the guarantor. |
| obverse col 2 9' | He seized his father’s throne |
| reverse col 4 14 | whatever he holds, he shall not live. |
| obverse col 2 7' | there will be dates for the nuu-rû-flour. |
| reverse col 4 13 | they are snatched up, and |
| reverse col 3 2 | whatever in the river is heaped up |
| reverse col 4 18 | the alaktu-disease in the land will devour him. |
| reverse col 3 22 | good quality salums |
| obverse col 2 12' | He grasps the throne |
| reverse col 3 8 | The wall, on the sixteenth day, the aluqtu of Ur, |
| obverse col 2 15' | The wall, on the 15th day, in the middle of the night, |
| reverse col 4 10 | king of the land of allimtu to the land of alim. |
| reverse col 3 20 | The wall in the fifteenth day is cloudy in the sky. |
| obverse col 2 11' | to the land is well, and |
| obverse col 2 3' | The RIRIGA-officials, the ubaru-officials |
| reverse col 4 12 | In the month of Addaru (XII), on the fourteenth day the king of the land of Elam will die. |
| reverse col 4 22 | (If) he is ill for fourteen days in Eridu. |
| reverse col 4 3 | a bad thing will seize her |
| reverse col 4 16 | On the fifteenth day he will measure the land. |
| obverse col 2 5' | of their hearts he shall make whole, and |
| obverse col 1 3' | a kingship will seize. |
| reverse col 3 12 | The enemy has seized the wall on the 15th day |
| reverse col 3 6 | her sins he shall destroy |
| obverse col 1 8' | they will be shaved with a twig. |
| reverse col 4 11 | he entered and on his throne he will reside |
| reverse col 3 16 | they shall remove |
| obverse col 2 18' | The wall on the sixteenth day of the king of the world will die. |
| reverse col 3 7 | a thigh he smote |
| obverse col 2 4' | The wall is on the sixteenth day: women will die. |
| reverse col 4 24 | he shall pay the money tenfold to its owners. |
| reverse col 4 19 | the upper side on the 16th day and the 17th day: |
| obverse col 1 2' | The king's son who to the king |
| obverse col 2 1' | Enlil will die on the sixteenth day. |
| obverse col 1 6' | in the evening they shall kill him |
| obverse col 1 4' | The land will be seized and its land will be seized. |
| obverse col 1 15' | he will go to keep safe. |
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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