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BM 034103 (P562510)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 034103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562510 |
| Museum no. | BM 034103 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 10' | a satrap... |
| obverse 8 | (If) the Moon is seen on the day of disappearance of the moon: the year will be bright. |
| reverse 7' | The people are seated; the rites of the gods are pious. |
| obverse 4 | The guards of the night are three,... in |
| reverse 3' | To the merchant, the one who knows well, the one who... |
| obverse 5 | ... the guards of the days |
| obverse 1 | when An, Enlil, Enki and Fierce Ones |
| obverse 6 | he will see 3(?) of their(?) eyes on the day of the year. |
| obverse 7 | ... I see... on the day of disappearance. |
| reverse 5' | (If) the harvest is favourable: Nisaba will widen his interest. |
| reverse 9' | ... your divine powers...... |
| reverse 4' | (If) he sees him, he will die of saratu-disease. |
| reverse 2' | (If) he does not reach(?)...: he will conquer. |
| reverse 1' | ... An |
| obverse 11 | (If) his land becomes black: he will come out in the evening. |
| obverse 15 | You recite the incantation in the field and |
| obverse 10 | For the extispicy of the gods Sîn and 20(?) years, for the omens |
| reverse 12' | ...... |
| obverse 16 | You say their terms,... |
| obverse 2 | ... the guard is located and the black.... |
| obverse 3 | ...... the iron arrow does not change; in the throne... |
| reverse 8' | They stood with them for good things in evil |
| obverse 17 | these... and... |
| obverse 9 | in all lands... at the disposal of the moon. |
| reverse 6' | The curse (related to) a curse (or) a curse (against him) |
| obverse 13 | (If) he is stricken(?), ditto... stars |
| obverse 14 | You set up the rites of the gods Sîn and ama. |
| obverse 12 | For the planets |
| reverse 11' | supplication...... |
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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