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BM 034476 (P557252)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 034476 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557252 |
| Museum no. | BM 034476 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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 3 | (If) an anomaly does not eat a snake's nose, its bricks will not eat a snake's nose. |
| obverse 6 | (If) he does not go out to a woman: that woman will die. |
| reverse 6' | ... he should set up a libation bowl. |
| reverse 5' | If on the4.8th day: may he restore (it) and return (it) to Ura and Nin-Ekalli. |
| obverse 15 | (If) he does not eat the sahlû-vessel, he eats it(?) |
| reverse 4' | May he set his order to Ura. |
| obverse 10 | If on the 4th day a river does not cross a river: his life will be long. |
| obverse 14 | Where a dog is stricken, it does not stand, it is a ruibtu-demon |
| reverse 7' | ... Nin-ekala to Ura his father seized. |
| reverse 9' | (If) he is ill for all time: his illness will not approach. |
| obverse 4 | If the day reaches the normal length: he will not come out. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | If on the 9th day it is swollen: may he prostrate himself before the Kidney Star in heaven and underworld. |
| obverse 9 | he should not eat a riqtu-offering; he will die. |
| obverse 11 | ... meat of an ox, a goat, or a goat will not eat |
| obverse 8 | (If) he does not eat a bird's tail: his libation will not prosper. |
| obverse 1 | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the fourth day he goes to the temple of the kurunnu. |
| obverse 7 | Where a donkey stall will not stand, he will not eat meat, he will die. |
| obverse 5 | He should not eat meat, he should not eat wool. |
| obverse 12 | She shall have the usufruct of her head. |
| reverse 10' | from the hand... |
| obverse 2 | If in Tartu (Month VII), on the first day the sun does not appear in the open country: |
| obverse 13 | If on the 4.5th day he does not go to the garden: Igisigsig is the guarantor of Enlil. |
| reverse 2' | ... may Gazbaba resound. |
| reverse 3' | If on the 7th day he does not eat food: Ura and Nin-Ekalli will not speak (about it). |
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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