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BM 038529 (P563876)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038529 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563876 |
| Museum no. | BM 038529 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
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 11 | If a white sheep becomes visible: good. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto a white star is seen |
| reverse 2 | If a god is seen in front of him |
| obverse 13' | If ditto a vessel... is seen in front of a Assyrian |
| reverse 17 | ... its days are long(?) |
| obverse 6' | If ditto in the lower part....... |
| obverse 19' | If a dog is red: he will die. |
| obverse 20' | If a black dog sees a black dog. |
| reverse 13 | If a man is stricken in his dream: the heavens will be destroyed. |
| reverse 14 | If a man is ill for his dream: he will die in a man's house. |
| reverse 9 | If he sees a...-garment: the land will raise a house. |
| obverse 21' | If a man is seen in front of a man: he will not succeed. |
| obverse 10' | If a man, when he emerges, he sees a red(?)....... |
| obverse 15' | If ditto he sees a mole of hemedu-disease: the land will become happy. |
| reverse 16 | ... his face is all... and his face is swollen(?) |
| obverse 7' | If a dog is black on the ground(?) |
| obverse 4' | If ditto in front of.... |
| obverse 1' | ... eribu(?) |
| obverse 16' | If ditto a thorny(?),.... |
| reverse 6 | If a physician does not see a physician |
| reverse 7 | If he sees a pig: he will not succeed. |
| obverse 22' | If a woman is seen in front of a Assyrian |
| obverse 11' | If ditto he sees a black pig |
| reverse 21 | ......... |
| reverse 4 | If a mamau-priest is seen in front of the land |
| reverse 15 | If a man is ill for his dream: he will die in the man's house. In that year he will die. |
| obverse 17' | If an ox appears: Utadar(?) |
| obverse 23' | If the veins of the chest are swollen: he will not reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 18' | If he sees a donkey: he will die. |
| obverse 14' | (If) ditto: he will experience joy in his heart. |
| reverse 18 | If a man's eyes are dark: that man will die. |
| reverse 8 | If he is ill for his right horn: Assyria. |
| reverse 1 | If he sees a red pig:... will not go. |
| reverse 12 | If a black sheep is seen |
| obverse 3' | If ditto in front of.... |
| reverse 10 | If he sees...: he will not reach him. |
| reverse 3 | If 10(?) singers...... |
| reverse 19 | ............... |
| obverse 5' | If ditto to...... |
| obverse 9' | If in the place of a pig.......... |
| obverse 8' | If in the place of the uu-demon.......... |
| obverse 2' | The UR.DU bird(?) |
| reverse 5 | If a haruspex's eyes... |
| reverse 20 | ... he (Ningirsu)......... |
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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