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BM 038338 (P563753)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038338 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563753 |
| Museum no. | BM 038338 |
| 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 12' | ... |
| obverse 8' | If the coils of the colon are 15 in number.... |
| obverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are long.... |
| reverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 13' | If the coils of the colon in their thighs.... |
| obverse 11' | The coils of the colon are... below.... |
| obverse 14' | ......... |
| obverse 5' | If the coils of the colon... |
| obverse 12' | If the coils of the colon are...:.... |
| reverse 3' | ......... |
| obverse 3' | ...... to the right...... the land... |
| reverse 5' | ... he smote your army |
| reverse 13' | ... 3?... |
| reverse 8' | ... may... |
| reverse 6' | ......... |
| reverse 9' | ... may...... |
| obverse 2' | ... prince of the land |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | The king, my lord, should not speak aloud |
| reverse 7' | ... you crush... |
| obverse 6' | ... the coils of the colon are 15 in number. |
| obverse 10' | If the upper part is elevated....... |
| obverse 7' | ... the coils of the colon are recessed on the left. |
| obverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left of the gall bladder.... |
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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