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BM 036867 (P563185)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036867 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563185 |
| Museum no. | BM 036867 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 16' | ...... |
| reverse 10' | If in abau (Month XI), ditto he raises the furrow |
| reverse 2' | If in Simanu (Month III) the king appoints his men. |
| reverse 6' | If in Taritu (Month VII), ditto the harvest of the land will prosper |
| reverse 9' | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto the king will dwell in a city. |
| obverse 13' | If ditto a star... like a red halo |
| obverse 15' | If ditto a star.... |
| obverse 16' | If ditto... in Tamiru (Month XII) above and below... |
| reverse 1' | If in Ayyaru (Month II) |
| reverse 11' | If in Addaru (XII) ditto |
| obverse 10' | If ditto (a lunar eclipse) takes place in Ab (V): she will have good fortune and night. |
| reverse 12' | If in Der (Month XII) ditto: there will be death(?) in the land |
| obverse 3' | If the day is dark and....... |
| obverse 14' | If ditto that star is yellow-green... |
| reverse 5' | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto: her furrow will be carried off. |
| obverse 4' | If the north wind blows and.... |
| obverse 1' | If... day.... |
| obverse 11' | If ditto (a planet rises) in ebtu (Month X), it is very bright: Jupiter will be present in it. |
| obverse 8' | If a rainbow becomes visible in the month of Blet-il |
| obverse 5' | If a storm goes and... towards... |
| reverse 13' | If a reed...... he enters his limbs, he raises his hands one-third and three times, and |
| reverse 15' | If a sorcery..... |
| obverse 7' | If the north and east winds... |
| obverse 6' | If the south and east winds... |
| reverse 14' | ... there is very... and...... |
| reverse 8' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto the king his palace will fall and.... |
| obverse 2' | If the day reaches and.... |
| reverse 7' | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto the king sends a hostile woman to the king. |
| reverse 4' | If in Tebetu (Month IV) ditto: rejoicing. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto that star is red: rain.... |
| obverse 9' | If ditto (a planet appears) in Ab (V): the land will... harvest |
| reverse 3' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto: year. |
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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