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BM 038298 (P563722)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038298 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563722 |
| Museum no. | BM 038298 |
| 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 6' | ... Ur |
| obverse 5 | a bow that has no truth was placed |
| reverse 5' | The land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 26 | x... each other... |
| reverse 18' | May Ashur not approach his treasury. |
| obverse 8 | (If) a pregnant woman does not place an adolescent child |
| obverse 22 | of my city, the Bb-ilk-gave it to him. |
| reverse 21' | ... together all the way up? |
| obverse 29 | his own... in the... of his own |
| obverse 21 | ... I said and not... |
| reverse 7' | ... all together... |
| obverse 9 | (If) a daughter to the mother of a pregnant woman does not place a claim |
| obverse 16 | My lord, Adad-umu-uur, who (is) a elqama(?) I established for him. |
| obverse 34 | ......... |
| obverse 14 | To Katilia I shall say to him, but he did not do (this). |
| obverse 11 | Because his father’s son he had done, |
| obverse 20 | my work in... |
| reverse 12' | I seized the abigalbatû-vessel in the wood of the big chariot. |
| reverse 24' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| obverse 13 | Because he (= the king) has done his work in a idalatu-house, |
| obverse 31 | ... Kar-Dunia |
| obverse 27 | ... the king, all the horses, the land or the king, the master... |
| obverse 33 | ...... |
| obverse 18 | and on account of the word of truth... all |
| reverse 17' | May the 20 kings of Hatti come to an end and may the throne rise with him. |
| obverse 1 | This supplication... |
| obverse 23 | ... house...... grain? seed... |
| obverse 24 | ... let me bring... seed, and... to..., my lady(?) |
| obverse 32 | May... Elam... |
| reverse 22' | ... the throne of the king will acquire. Kurigalzu will see. |
| obverse 6 | [1 mina of] unfavorable [silver] |
| reverse 8' | he... his supplication. |
| reverse 13' | May my ewes haunt the city and the house of rejoicing, |
| obverse 30 | ... may he... to the ruler of Babylon. |
| reverse 25' | Tablet of ab-il-Marduk, son of Nadinu. |
| obverse 35 | ... his brother... |
| reverse 15' | ... his... will have mercy. |
| obverse 12 | The woman whose limbs are strong, either a second one, |
| reverse 23' | May the king of the gods, Marduk, rejoice over you! |
| obverse 17 | I shall say to him a statue of himself... |
| reverse 10' | his penalty he shall set for him. |
| obverse 19 | The work of the flesh in... |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 3 | When the people in the city...... he brought... |
| reverse 4' | ... he will make... flow in the land. The river(s)... together |
| obverse 28 | his... may he... |
| obverse 10 | (If) the head of the seed of a man is split in front of his tongue: |
| obverse 2 | Babylon,..., plant of yours |
| obverse 7 | The holy shrine(?), the holy shrine(?), the holy shrine(?), does not smite truth |
| obverse 4 | he placed a zibntu-tree in his... not of truth. |
| reverse 3' | ................. |
| reverse 9' | The king should see the king's name. |
| obverse 25 | ... let me set out and... |
| reverse 26' | son of Suhaya |
| reverse 20' | May the land be smitten, may the land be destroyed. |
| reverse 11' | The throne of the small throne of Assyria to its (own) habitation was removed. |
| reverse 16' | 40 kings of Elam may he provide for him, and the throne may he rejoice with him. |
| reverse 14' | May the king of the gods, Marduk, rejoice over you! |
| reverse 19' | May he bring about the defeat of his land. May he bring about a defeat. |
| obverse 15 | as long as his troops I gave him |
| reverse 2' | ...... the lord... |
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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