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BM 035219 (P562709)

Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM 035219
IDP562709
Museum no.BM 035219
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreOmens

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 3ama heard... in the land
obverse 5he shall pay the silver and gold.
reverse 1'... flesh of the people will eat
obverse 1If from the 1st to the 30th day an eclipse takes place: Adad will die.
obverse 6... of the eyes with weapons
reverse 3'he received... silver and gold.
reverse 2'He shall place... silver and gold in the scribal art and shall return the money tenfold to its owners.
obverse 7... that land will not prosper.
reverse 4'If in the month of Addaru (XII) there is an eclipse of the throne in the land
obverse 9... of the breast-bone
obverse 8... are good
obverse 4If he is ill with his unfavorable limbs and he is ill: the king of the land will place him as king.
obverse 2(and) in barley rations for the Anunnaki gods

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