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BM 036156 (P562928)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P562928 |
| Museum no. | BM 036156 |
| 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 5' | If there are many gold in the city: the city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7' | If in a city many people are killed by lightning: that city will be good. |
| obverse 8' | If they are many in a city: attack of a city. |
| obverse 2' | If in a city that is very small: the city will become happy. |
| obverse 4' | If there is much plunder in the city, the kings will not change it. |
| reverse 1' | ... gives birth to... |
| obverse 10' | There are many eyes in the city. |
| obverse 9' | If there are many plants in the city: that city will become happy. |
| obverse 1' | If in a city many plows: that city will become happy. |
| reverse 2' | ... the land |
| obverse 6' | If there is much in the city, a city will be scattered. |
| obverse 3' | If in a city a multitude of pigeons(?), the city will dwell(?) |
| reverse 3' | ... that may |
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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