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BM 038475 (P563833)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038475 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563833 |
| Museum no. | BM 038475 |
| 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' | The left surface of the 'finger' is split. The enemy's land. |
| obverse 2' | The right of the 'finger' is dark. |
| reverse 3' | If the right and left of the gall bladder.... |
| reverse 9' | If the Well-being is surrounded by a halo in the left side of the gall bladder: the prince's reign will change. |
| reverse 7' | The vertebrae were smashed and the land seized.... |
| obverse 1' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is swollen, and the heart of the enemy's army will be plundered. |
| reverse 2' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is split... |
| obverse 5' | If the left side of the 'finger' of the lung is black and white: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 6' | If the right and left of the gall bladder are smashed... with the weapons. |
| reverse 5' | If the right of the gall bladder is split: the prince.... |
| reverse 8' | There is a hole in the right side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 1' | If the right horn is dark: the army(?)... |
| obverse 4' | If the right surface of the 'finger' is black and white: to our army. |
| reverse 4' | The right and left of the gall bladder are split.... |
| obverse 3' | The left surface of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
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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