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BM 034133 (P562518)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 034133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562518 |
| Museum no. | BM 034133 |
| 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 24' | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land will not prosper... |
| obverse 27' | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land... |
| obverse 2' | If the coils of the colon are red(?), a reign of |
| obverse 14' | If its sheep's tail is surrounded by a halo, there will be frost.... |
| obverse 32' | If the coils of the colon...... in front of our troops? |
| obverse 5' | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be famine. |
| obverse 3' | If the coils of the colon are red: the prince's seed will seize him. |
| obverse 6' | If the coils of the colon are red: business will prosper. |
| obverse 22' | If the coils of the colon are...: the land will... the prince's land. |
| obverse 16' | If the coils of the colon are unfavorable, his god... |
| reverse 22' | The coils of the right and left are 7 in number. The right and left of the gall bladder are 15 in number. |
| reverse 11' | If the coils of the colon are 21 in number: my army.... |
| reverse 14' | If the coils of the colon are not there(?) and....... |
| reverse 13' | If the coils of the colon............ |
| obverse 1' | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be discord in the house. |
| obverse 10' | If the sheep's hair which is behind the coils in front of the coils: the prince will... in his palace. |
| obverse 18' | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the army... |
| reverse 6' | If the coils of the colon are 16 and are good: the enemy will widen his hand. |
| reverse 18' | If the coils of the colon....... |
| obverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be frost in the man's house. |
| obverse 7' | If the coils of the colon are dark: the land will become happy. The prince will become happy in his palace. |
| obverse 29' | If the coils of the colon... above.. |
| reverse 25' | If the coils of the colon are like the tip of the end of the 'finger': the land will become small; there will be frost in the land; the king will come out of the army and defeat his troops. |
| reverse 3' | If the coils of the colon are 16 in number....... |
| reverse 5' | If the coils of the colon are 16 in number and are not in balance:....... |
| reverse 12' | If the coils of the colon.............................. |
| reverse 2' | If the coils of the colon are 15 in number....... |
| reverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: either man or woman... |
| obverse 21' | If the coils of the colon....... |
| reverse 24' | ... 6th tablet of a series of omens. |
| obverse 17' | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the land's property.... |
| obverse 15' | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the king will be strong and the land will become happy. |
| obverse 33' | If the coils of the colon... in front of the army(?) |
| reverse 19' | If the coils of the colon are dark:.......... |
| obverse 23' | If the coils of the colon are..., the prince's land will not thrive.... |
| reverse 8' | If the coils of the colon are 18 in number: the treasurer. |
| obverse 25' | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land will... his enemy's.... |
| obverse 30' | If the coils of the colon... are thick. |
| reverse 21' | If the coils of the colon...... to the king's heart... |
| obverse 12' | If a sheep's hair is like a neck: he will be shaved off.... |
| obverse 19' | If the coils of the colon are swollen:... weapons |
| obverse 9' | If the coils of the colon are like their eyes: the property of the land will change. |
| reverse 15' | If the coils of the colon....... |
| reverse 23' | The coils of the left of the gall bladder are 7 in number. The right and left are 15 in number. The enemy's army will eat a share. |
| reverse 7' | If the coils of the colon are 17 in number: the land will become happy........... |
| obverse 34' | If the coils of the colon...... in front of.... |
| reverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are 16 in number: there will be peace... |
| obverse 20' | If the coils of the colon are swollen:.... |
| reverse 20' | If the coils of the colon are in balance: the king's son. |
| obverse 8' | If the coils of the colon are in balance: the river will be overturned. |
| obverse 31' | If the coils of the colon... evil of your army... |
| obverse 28' | If the coils of the colon are...: the prince will be destroyed and his land.... |
| obverse 11' | (If) he is ill: there will be death in the street. |
| obverse 13' | there will be rains, and the people will become frightened by the harvest and in their....... |
| reverse 10' | If the coils of the colon are 20 in number: my army will... to the land.... |
| reverse 17' | If the coils of the colon...... you strew his fate. |
| obverse 26' | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land will... his enemy's.... |
| reverse 1' | If the coils of the colon are 14 and are split: an eclipse... the king....... |
| reverse 16' | If the coils of the colon are 30...: the king of his land will widen his understanding. |
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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