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BM 043369 + BM 043373 (P558231)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 043369 + BM 043373 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558231 |
| Museum no. | BM 043369 + BM 043373 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | If the Scorpion's right horn ditto: he will die. |
| 10' | If the Fingernail's horn is one-fourth of his right, ditto: he will experience famine. |
| 2' | If the Scorpion's left side ditto: he will recover. |
| 1' | If the Scorpion's right side ditto: in its right side.... |
| 6' | If the Scorpion's left hand is surrounded by a fog:....... |
| 13' | If the Scorpion's horns are two, its left horn ditto: he will experience hunger. |
| 7' | If the Scorpion's upper horn is thick: he will die for his right. |
| 15' | If the Scorpion's Finger (has) a fourth horn on its left ditto: its heart.... |
| 5' | If the Scorpion's hands on his right hand ditto: hand of a ghost; his land will... |
| 16' | If the Scorpion's hand is surrounded by a halo on its left side ditto: sorrow.... |
| 4' | If the Scorpion's left horn is ditto: he will go to the ground. |
| 12' | If the Scorpion's horns, his right hand ditto, whatever.... |
| 17' | ... ditto: loss of life....... |
| 18' | ... (If) ditto a man's heir... |
| 14' | If the Scorpion's horn reaches its left horn: ditto: he will die. |
| 9' | If the Scorpion's horn reaches its right horn: ditto it is surrounded by a fog. |
| 19' | ... heir(?) |
| 11' | If the Scorpion's horn is small, its right horn ditto....... |
| 8' | If the Fingernail's left horn ditto: he will die. |
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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