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BM 032314 (P557144)
Omens, Late Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032314 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557144 |
| Museum no. | BM 032314 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Genre | Omens |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 18 | If the Kidney Star ditto: sesame, dates, and grain will not prosper. |
| obverse 17 | If the Scorpion ditto: deaths will occur; the king of that land will die. |
| obverse 11 | If Pabilsag ditto: there will be hunger and famine. |
| obverse 20 | ... ditto |
| obverse 21 | ... ditto |
| obverse 6 | ... ditto |
| obverse 7 | ... ditto |
| obverse col 4? 6 | ... the share of the army goes to the ziggurrat. |
| obverse col 4? 1 | ... the stars of the star |
| obverse 1 | If the Yoke Constellation afflicts a fog: in its utterance(?) the son of the king will seize the throne. |
| obverse 19 | If the Twins ditto: Eridu will die and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 12 | If Ulula ditto: attack of the land; the people will be scattered. |
| obverse 10 | If the Shepherd of Anu ditto - the enemy(?) will attack(?) |
| obverse 3 | If Dildi ditto (appears) in Akkad: the harvest will prosper. |
| obverse col 3? 3 | to...... |
| obverse col 3? 4 | behind the... of |
| obverse 5 | If the Wagon ditto ditto: he will die. |
| obverse 16 | If Nintu ditto (is) surrounded by a halo which is surrounded by a halo |
| obverse col 4? 12 | ... the right of the Bristle to Ziqpi |
| obverse col 4? 8 | (If)... is dark: the Lion will be scattered. 10 days for. |
| obverse col 4? 14 | ... his..., his... |
| obverse col 4? 2 | ... the rear (of the head) of the Crab |
| obverse col 3? 7 | The 20th?, 2...... |
| obverse 14 | If a man, ditto: the king of Elam and the king of Guti will die. |
| obverse col 4? 5 | ... the rear(?) of the Crab,..., a rainbow stretched in front of the head |
| obverse col 4? 7 | ... the Lion... of the Crab |
| obverse col 3? 2 | From |
| obverse 2 | If a snake ditto: death of a snake and Scorpius. |
| obverse col 4? 11 | ... the breast-bone is 10 U. |
| obverse 8 | If the Bristle ditto: the harvest of the land will prosper. There will be deaths in the land. |
| obverse col 4? 4 | ... the star(?) that appears in the horn of the star, and |
| obverse col 4? 9 | ... the Old Man(?) to the ziggurrat |
| obverse col 3? 6 | from the beginning |
| obverse col 4? 10 | ... of the left side of the Lion... |
| obverse 13 | If the Pleiades ditto: he will die. |
| obverse col 3? 5 | behind |
| obverse col 4? 15 | ... the day of the sun rises |
| obverse 9 | ......... |
| obverse col 4? 13 | ... of the Lion rises |
| obverse 4 | If the Wagon ditto (is located) in Subartu and the land of Elam: there will be hunger. |
| obverse col 3? 9 | ... behind... |
| obverse col 3? 8 | The 4th, equinox |
| obverse col 4? 3 | ......, 1 day, 1 U 25? 20? |
| obverse 15 | If the Elamites ditto: the harvest of the lands will prosper. |
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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