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BM 038463 (P563824)
Divination, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038463 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563824 |
| Museum no. | BM 038463 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is swollen, and the heart of the enemy's army... |
| reverse 4 | If the right and left of the gall bladder are split:....... |
| obverse 7' | The right surface of the 'finger' is black. |
| reverse 10 | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is present in the left side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 8' | The left surface of the 'finger' is black. |
| obverse 1' | ... on the right... |
| reverse 9 | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is present in the right side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 5' | If the right vertebra is swollen and swollen: my army. |
| reverse 8 | If the vertebrae are broken: the land... |
| reverse 3 | If the left surface of the 'finger' of the lung... |
| obverse 2' | If the right of the gall bladder is like the tail of a sheep: in the reign of the king the eunuch....... |
| reverse 5 | If the right and left of the gall bladder.... |
| reverse 6 | If the right of the gall bladder is split...: the land.... |
| reverse 1 | If the right and left of the gall bladder are smashed and are smashed:.... |
| reverse 7 | If the left side of the gall bladder is split: the enemy's land.... |
| obverse 10' | The left surface of the 'finger' is black and white. |
| obverse 3' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is like a'snake': a'snake'-mark. |
| obverse 4' | The vertebrae are recessed and the'strength' of the land will change. |
| obverse 9' | If the right surface of the 'finger' is black and white: attack of my army. |
| reverse 2 | If the right side of the 'finger' of the lung... |
| obverse 11' | The right and left of the 'finger' are split. The weapons....... |
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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