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BM 035173 (P562696)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562696 |
| Museum no. | BM 035173 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 20' | If a scepter... the head of a god....... |
| col 1' 18' | ...... |
| col 1' 13' | ...... |
| col 2' 15' | If a woman is seized by Bibitam: her god will |
| col 1' 15' | ...... |
| col 2' 19' | If a woman's middle thighs are swollen:.... |
| col 1' 9' | ...... and |
| col 2' 18' | If in the steppe her gaze is surrounded by a halo:....... |
| col 2' 7' | If the veins of the colon are swollen: he will go. |
| col 2' 10' | If there are squabbles in the middle of the sky, variant: she will die. |
| col 2' 3' | If... her horns are thick.... |
| col 2' 16' | If a woman is located on the top of the 'finger' of the right lung:... will not.... |
| col 1' 10' | ...... |
| col 1' 14' | ... you cross(?) |
| col 2' 17' | ... ditto. |
| col 2' 12' | If a woman is surrounded by a wide breast: she will become numerous. |
| col 2' 6' | He goes to Almanuta |
| col 2' 5' | If a woman... her hands(?) |
| col 1' 12' | ... good |
| col 2' 14' | If a sorcerer is present: he will become rich. : |
| col 2' 4' | If the horns of the 'finger' are loosened: the house... |
| col 1' 11' | ... reed(?) |
| col 1' 8' | ... destroyed(?) |
| col 1' 7' | ... is good |
| col 1' 4' | The king, my lord, should not speak aloud |
| col 2' 8' | If he is surrounded by a white tukkupa-plant: he will die. : If he is surrounded by a kuttu-plant and.... |
| col 2' 11' | If he is ill: he will die. |
| col 2' 9' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: ditto. |
| col 2' 13' | If he is ill: 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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