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BM 034692 (P557254)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 034692 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557254 |
| Museum no. | BM 034692 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is seen: there will be a 'finger' in the land. |
| obverse 2' | ... you set up a weapon and the upper front... the dais(?) |
| obverse 7' | You put... to a enemy city and you recite the incantations to a enemy city. |
| obverse 4' | ... of the mountain, surrounded by a halo, and a gazelle |
| reverse 4 | ... enemy attack of my army against the land. |
| obverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the king will become strong. |
| obverse 3' | ... the enemy... the king his enemy will conquer. |
| reverse 1 | You set up a weapon and the upper part is elevated. |
| reverse 6 | ... the king |
| obverse 5' | ... enemy halo...... |
| reverse 2 | ... my army will bring... to the land. |
| obverse 8' | ... which speaks in it, does not reach me. |
| reverse 5 | ... before... |
| obverse 6' | ... is located on the right side of his gaze: he will make a weapon and he will experience a defeat in the city. |
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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