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BM 032486 (P557161)
Omens, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032486 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557161 |
| Museum no. | BM 032486 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 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 4 | ... the house...... the house(?) |
| obverse 10 | .......... |
| obverse 6 | ... [......] |
| reverse 4' | (In) the month of Kislimu (IX), the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), the 7th (of the preceding month), the 11th (of the preceding month), the 14th (of the preceding month), the 17th (of the preceding month), the 20th (of the preceding |
| obverse 5 | ... he conquered(?) |
| obverse 1 | (If) in ebtu (Month X), from the 1st to the 30th day: the city will be destroyed and destroyed. |
| obverse 2 | If in ebtu (Month X),... will die. |
| obverse 9 | (If) he dies...: he will fall in a man's house. |
| reverse 3' | ... month ebtu, 30th day |
| obverse 3 | ...... he smote(?) |
| obverse 14 | (If) a man... |
| obverse 8 | ... entered |
| reverse 6' | (If) in abau (Month XI): from the 1st to the 30th day: the city will be destroyed and that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 5' | ... tenth tablet of a series. |
| reverse 9' | ... the 16th year that is the 27th year. |
| reverse 10' | ... of the arsaces, your divinity. |
| obverse 15 | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ... hands of Marduk-urru, his son, who reveres the 20 hands, he shall not take it away. |
| obverse 7 | ... will die in a man's house. |
| obverse 12 | ...... evil will arise. |
| reverse 2' | ... month ebtu, day... |
| reverse 7' | Written and checked. |
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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