Unread Atlas
BM 046622 (P558550)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BM 046622 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558550 |
| Museum no. | BM 046622 |
| 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 7' | If the sun stands in the middle of the sky at noon: the king of the land.... |
| reverse 3' | If he does not open a gate and he places an eclipse: the owner of the house will die and his house will be scattered. |
| obverse 10' | ... which is visible will be good. The heart of the lord of the land will become stable. : If Venus becomes visible.... |
| obverse 6' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo, and its gate is open to the south: Adad will devastate(?) |
| obverse 8' | (If) an eclipse takes place: that year the king will die and the land will experience evil. |
| reverse 8' | If a sorcerer.......... |
| obverse 1' | ... an eclipse in the morning watch...... |
| obverse 4' | If the Moon at its appearance is dark:....... |
| reverse 1' | ... house... |
| reverse 6' | If his body enters his house: he will become happy. |
| reverse 9' | ... his garment |
| reverse 10' | If his anger is set towards his god:... |
| obverse 12' | ... the good... |
| obverse 2' | If the Moon on the 14th day... an eclipse |
| reverse 2' | If... is dark: the wife of a man will die. |
| obverse 9' | ...... The sun is surrounded by a fog: in the land there will be death; the king will die and his fate.... |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 11' | ... there will be frost in the land... |
| obverse 5' | If an eclipse takes place: the eclipse will take place in the evening watch.... |
| reverse 4' | .... is favorable. |
| obverse 3' | If the king does not die, there will be death.... |
| reverse 7' | If a baby is born on his feet: his father's house will be scattered.... |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.