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BM 038379 (P563775)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038379 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563775 |
| Museum no. | BM 038379 |
| 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 35' | ... evil |
| obverse? 9' | ... my army(?) |
| obverse? 21' | ...................... |
| reverse 26' | ... there will be. |
| obverse? 39' | If a red err-mark is located on the left side of the lung: she will die and the king will kill them. |
| reverse 32' | ... great |
| obverse? 41' | You take... a good woman. |
| reverse 17' | ............. |
| reverse 13' | ... will die and my troops will fall. |
| reverse 36' | ... will fall. |
| obverse? 6' | ... to the left... |
| reverse 34' | ...... |
| obverse? 8' | ... the city, the city wall(?) is strong(?) |
| obverse? 32' | If a lung....... |
| reverse 28' | ... there will be... in the land. |
| obverse? 37' | ...... |
| reverse 20' | ... his army will seize. |
| obverse? 13' | ... to the right(?) |
| reverse 25' | ... will fall. |
| reverse 27' | ... there will be |
| obverse? 10' | ... the army(?) |
| reverse 24' | ... fall of my army. |
| obverse? 7' | .... does not have... |
| obverse? 28' | ... my hero(s) will seize fear |
| obverse? 35' | If in the middle of the 'finger' there are 'well-beings' and a 'foot'-mark: a fate will be established with the god. |
| obverse? 4' | ...... |
| reverse 18' | ...... |
| obverse? 26' | ... kings... their... |
| reverse 4' | ... oxen... |
| reverse 6' | ... fall of the army... |
| reverse 7' | ... fall of the army... |
| reverse 3' | ... and kill me |
| reverse 8' | ... will not be smashed(?) |
| reverse 2' | ... is surrounded by a mountain(?) and... |
| obverse? 5' | ... prince... enemy... |
| obverse? 25' | ... his...... the enemy... to the prince |
| reverse 21' | ... the enemy will seize... |
| reverse 31' | ... slaughtered(?) |
| obverse? 11' | ... the prince... will make... strong |
| obverse? 34' | If there is a mole in the middle of the 'finger': the prince will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse? 17' | ... the land will be destroyed |
| obverse? 14' | ... to the left(?)... the enemy |
| obverse? 36' | If a erru-plant is red...: there will be an attack of the enemy and they will not succeed. |
| reverse 22' | ...... |
| reverse 16' | ... he smote(?) |
| reverse 19' | ... fish |
| reverse 30' | ... (a kind of insect) |
| reverse 15' | ............ |
| reverse 33' | ... |
| obverse? 12' | ... the enemy...,...,... |
| reverse 12' | ....... |
| obverse? 27' | ... a weapon(?) |
| obverse? 31' | If the Path to the left of the gall bladder is blocked....... |
| reverse 9' | ... in the lands |
| reverse 11' | ... Mercury(?) |
| reverse 29' | ... he will return to its place. |
| obverse? 24' | ... his...... the prince to the enemy(?) |
| obverse? 30' | ..... my army |
| reverse 10' | ... Mercury(?) |
| obverse? 40' | ... good woman |
| obverse? 23' | ... is located on the right(?): the throne will change. The name of the land will change |
| obverse? 33' | If the Well-being is surrounded by a flood: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse? 15' | ... in the midst of the weapon |
| obverse? 38' | If a'strength' is red and there is a'strength'-mark on the right of the'strength': she will die. |
| obverse? 2' | ...... will change. |
| obverse? 29' | ... the lions will seize the evil enemy. |
| obverse? 22' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | ......... |
| obverse? 19' | ... there will be..., the wife of a man... : in..., the king's son will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse? 16' | ... in a weapon |
| obverse? 20' | ...... there will be a long life. The wife of a man... the king's son will seize the throne. |
| obverse? 3' | ... of the heart(?) |
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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