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BM 032494+ (P562016)
Divination, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 032494+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P562016 |
| Museum no. | BM 032494 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
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? 18' | If the breast-bone on its backs.......... |
| left 2 | If the breast-bone is 3?... |
| obverse? 12' | The'strength' of the left 'finger' becomes dark and its'strength' becomes dark. The city's border... |
| obverse? 8' | The'strength' of the 'finger' is thick. The left of the 'finger'.... |
| obverse? 4' | ... black... walled... |
| obverse? 5' | If the breast-bone is black............. |
| obverse? 23' | If the breast-bone is on the right and on the left.... |
| reverse? 18 | ......... |
| left 1 | If the breast-bone is 2... |
| reverse? 3 | ... kaakku-garment 3... |
| obverse? 20' | If the breast-bone is above its horns: the prince's... |
| obverse? 15' | If the 'weapon'-mark...... his work.... |
| reverse? 17 | ... and |
| obverse? 9' | The troops of the enemy troops in battle... |
| reverse? 2 | If the breast-bone is on the right and on the left....... |
| reverse? 7 | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is dispersed. The enemy will kill me one time. |
| reverse? 16 | If the breast-bone is on the left: the enemy's land will eat food.... |
| obverse? 11' | If the breast-bone is curled on the right and its horn is pointed: the city....... |
| reverse? 5 | If the 'weapon'-mark is located in its middle: the prince will die. |
| left 3 | The fourth day... to...... |
| reverse? 6 | The'strength' is present. The prince will eat whatever he wants. |
| obverse? 17' | If the breast-bone is thick:....... |
| reverse? 9 | The'strength' faces the left side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse? 14 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder and he is a servant of the city: he will fall into a famine. |
| obverse? 2' | If the breast-bone is split on the left.... |
| obverse? 10' | The'strength' is present. The 'weapon'-mark of the 'finger' are present. The king's father's body is seated. |
| reverse? 11 | The breast-bone is thick. The head of the enemy's army is swollen. |
| reverse? 8 | The'strength' is elevated. The city's right side is elevated. |
| reverse? 12 | The breast-bone is on the right and on the left. |
| reverse? 4 | If the 'weapon'-mark is located in its middle: the prince will die. |
| obverse? 22' | If the breast-bone is not large....... |
| obverse? 21' | If the 'weapon'-mark ditto and the brother.......... |
| obverse? 7' | The troops of the enemy troops in battle... |
| reverse? 10 | The breast-bone is thick. The top of my army is thick. |
| reverse? 13 | If the 'weapon'-mark is split, he will shout to the weapon. |
| reverse? 15 | If the breast-bone is 15: the enemy's land will make the prince's land happy. |
| reverse? 1 | If the breast-bone is on the right and on the left.... |
| obverse? 3' | If the breast-bone is thick....... |
| obverse? 16' | If the breast-bone is thick:... evil. |
| obverse? 6' | If the breast-bone is thick and... on the right.... |
| obverse? 19' | If the'strength' is above its 'finger': that prince's land will dwell. |
| obverse? 1' | If the kazaggû-mark is 1(?)... |
| obverse? 14' | The'strength' of the left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| left 4 | ... the coils...... |
| obverse? 13' | If the 'weapon'-mark on the right becomes visible and its 'weapon'-mark becomes visible: 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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