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BM 037257 (P563267)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 037257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563267 |
| Museum no. | BM 037257 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' 1 | (In) Simanu (Month III), the 1st day |
| col 1' 2 | On the day... |
| col 2' 8 | The 8th day |
| col 2' 3 | On the 3rd day: he will release a snake(?) |
| col 2' 4 | On the 4th day... |
| col 2' 9 | On the 9th day |
| col 1' 6 | On the 4th day: he will not die. |
| col 1' 5 | The 5th day: aulla. |
| col 2' 2 | The 2nd day is favourable. |
| col 2' 1 | Duuzu on the 1st day |
| col 1' 10 | On the 10th day... he will not succeed. |
| col 2' 6 | On the sixth day: he will acquire a wife. |
| col 1' 9 | On the 14th day....... all |
| col 2' 7 | On the 7th day: the barley(?) |
| col 1' 3 | The 3rd day... |
| col 1' 7 | The 14th day is favourable. |
| col 2' 5 | On the 5th day: he will pay back the barley. |
| col 1' 4 | The 4th day is unfavourable. |
| col 1' 8 | On the 14th day...... will not be favourable. |
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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