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BM 038669 (P563944)
Omens, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038669 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563944 |
| Museum no. | BM 038669 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 10' | There is a hole in the top of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 2 8' | The'strength' is split. |
| reverse col 3 2 | (gloss: new break) |
| obverse col 2 9' | The middle of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse col 2 2' | If the top of the 'finger' is split on the right and....... |
| obverse col 2 5' | On the right of the niru niru |
| obverse col 2 6' | The top of the 'finger' is split. |
| reverse col 3 1 | If a Weapon-mark is 7 (gloss: new break). |
| reverse col 3 6 | ... the heart of the ram is curled. |
| obverse col 2 12' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': he will die. |
| reverse col 3 4 | (If) they do not approach them |
| obverse col 2 3' | If he is seized by a niru reed |
| obverse col 2 1' | If the top of the 'finger' is split on the right and there are 2 'finger'-sticks. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If a snare is located on the niru side |
| obverse col 2 7' | If the 'weapon'-mark is located on the front of ME.NI. |
| reverse col 3 5 | If the right side of the 'finger' is split and is not seen.... |
| reverse col 3 7 | If the right and? of the left lung are split and are not seen.... |
| obverse col 2 11' | If in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark and a black spot. |
| reverse col 3 3 | You recite the incantation 7 times for the Weapon. You recite the incantation 5 times |
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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