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BM 035409 (P562740)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035409 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562740 |
| Museum no. | BM 035409 |
| 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? col 2' 20' | From the below star of the troops |
| obverse? col 1' 20' | ... surpassing |
| obverse? col 2' 16' | The price of the life of the land... |
| obverse? col 1' 11' | ... he will return. |
| obverse? col 1' 5' | ... is small. |
| obverse? col 1' 19' | ... surpassing |
| obverse? col 1' 2' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 17' | (If) her good signs come out(?), where... |
| obverse? col 2' 8' | (If) in Arasamnu (Month VIII), the moon becomes visible and the horn(?) in the land.... |
| obverse? col 1' 9' | ....... |
| obverse? col 1' 14' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1' 4' | ........., small |
| obverse? col 2' 11' | The silver in front of the mountain... eat |
| obverse? col 2' 3' | For 1 shekel of silver, reed..., |
| obverse? col 1' 18' | ... surpassing(?) |
| obverse? col 1' 7' | ............ |
| obverse? col 2' 1' | Because An... that day |
| obverse? col 2' 7' | 1 shekel of silver, reed,..., |
| obverse? col 2' 10' | If the White Star... the Cancri |
| obverse? col 2' 5' | 1 shekel of silver, reed, clay,... |
| obverse? col 1' 8' | ...... dur(?) |
| obverse? col 2' 19' | ... of the Westland |
| obverse? col 2' 18' | From the star in...... |
| obverse? col 1' 15' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 4' | (If) in ebtu (Month X), the moon becomes visible and the horns of the land. |
| obverse? col 2' 12' | its good... the 2 plants that...... |
| obverse? col 1' 6' | .... dur? |
| obverse? col 1' 22' | ... |
| obverse? col 1' 12' | ... 13(?) |
| obverse? col 1' 13' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1' 3' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1' 16' | ... |
| obverse? col 1' 17' | ... surpassing |
| obverse? col 2' 2' | (If) in Nisannu (Month I) the moon becomes visible and.... |
| obverse? col 1' 21' | ... he smote |
| obverse? col 1' 10' | ..... in.... |
| obverse? col 2' 15' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2' 21' | ... food |
| obverse? col 2' 9' | 1 shekel of reed |
| obverse? col 2' 14' | ... food of...... |
| obverse? col 2' 13' | From the... star which... the star... its good place |
| obverse? col 2' 6' | (If) in Taritu (Month VII) the moon becomes visible and... the horns in the land |
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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