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BM 035977 (P562878)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035977 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562878 |
| Museum no. | BM 035977 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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? 3 | ... copper |
| obverse? 10 | reed baskets of tin, tin, and tin |
| reverse? 5'b | " Those who have sinned against the land |
| reverse? 20'a | May the life of the great gods be established for you. |
| reverse? 12'b | my lord wrote to me |
| reverse? 20'b | May the oath of the great gods praise you. |
| obverse? 5a | good year |
| reverse? 3'b | Ditto, that the asqupatu-disease is destroyed. |
| reverse? 13'a | the prince of the Engur |
| reverse? 11'a | I am the guarantor of the supreme temple administrator of Enki |
| obverse? 8 | ebony of the Ilurugu canal from the green waterway |
| reverse? 11'b | angammau of Ea |
| reverse? 18'a | may he not let go of the people. |
| reverse? 19' | may he not return to him. |
| obverse? 4 | ...... |
| reverse? 13'b | The prince swore to me in the Apsu. |
| reverse? 7' | the udug of the evil-doer in the land does not eat |
| reverse? 8'b | Ditto, that he will enjoy life! |
| top 2 | Written and checked according to its original |
| obverse? 6 | who does not have a grasp of the scepter |
| reverse? 14'b | You should not slander me : |
| obverse? 7 | The great gisallû-vessels of the people, who do not have authority over justice, |
| obverse? 13 | ... of the mountain range |
| reverse? 4'b | of the land they shall cut off. |
| reverse? 17'a | the goods of the evil udug and the hand of Nambazizi |
| reverse? 6'b | Ditto, who goes to his aid |
| reverse? 14'a | he did not let go of the rear (of the temple?). |
| reverse? 16'a | May the evildoer not raise his hand against him |
| reverse? 10'b | Ditto which has been seen in the land |
| reverse? 9'b | Ditto, he who does not touch the forehead |
| obverse? 13b | :... not... |
| reverse? 7'b | Ditto, that Amu is seized, they shall be seized. |
| obverse? 5b | ....... a good name, a fate... |
| obverse? 9 | the world quarters which are established in the Apsu |
| obverse? 11 | A good scepter, a scepter, which... from the land... |
| reverse? 4'a | the udug-vessel of uljal and dimma of the land |
| reverse? 2'a | he made the udug of the evil-doer and the street good. |
| reverse? 17'b | May the evil utukku-demon not overwhelm me. |
| reverse? 5'a | a sacrificial sheep residing in the land |
| reverse? 6'a | ... a ram that is built on its right and left |
| reverse? 2'b | Ditto, whose wide area is wide, |
| reverse? 3'a | The udug creature and the tail are frightened. |
| reverse? 15'b | Do not abandon me! |
| reverse? 15'a | After you speak to the king |
| obverse? 2 | ........ |
| reverse? 9'a | ... an evil ram |
| reverse? 10'a | The udug of the evil-doer and the netherworld is smitten. |
| reverse? 19'b | You will not return to the quay. |
| obverse? 12 | Inscription on the mountain range |
| reverse? 8'a | the udug of the evildoers and udug priests of all the lands |
| reverse? 12'a | who establishes the lordship |
| reverse? 18'b | to the marshes you have seized? |
| reverse? 16'b | You shall not make me angry. |
| obverse? 1 | Incantation: O zillu-plant, kurra-plant |
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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