Unread Atlas
BM 040010a (P564780)
Omens
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BM 040010a |
|---|---|
| ID | P564780 |
| Museum no. | BM 040010a |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 4' | If in the left of the gall bladder... there is a hole: the enemy will seize the throne. |
| obverse col 2 0' | If in the left of the gall bladder... his fate will seize him and he will kill him. |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... of the enemy land... |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... of the enemy land... |
| obverse col 2 15' | If the top of the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split: the enemy will enter and |
| obverse col 2 10' | If in the left of the gall bladder... ditto and... his land....... |
| obverse col 2 3' | If in the left of the gall bladder... his evildoer and his enemy will conquer him. |
| obverse col 2 19' | .... he will conquer the enemy, and he will die. |
| obverse col 2 21' | ... before my star... |
| obverse col 2 12' | If... is located... and sees...: your enemy will come out and enter your.... |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... of... |
| obverse col 2 20' | ... barley, reeds?, lightning flashed, in the land |
| obverse col 2 18' | ... the enemy will seize... and in the enemy's land.... |
| obverse col 2 23' | ... shrine(?) |
| reverse col 3 6' | ... red... |
| reverse col 3 4' | ... black... at the feet... |
| obverse col 2 8' | If in the left of the gall bladder... the enemy will attack and in the land.... |
| obverse col 2 7' | If in the left of the gall bladder... a ewe appears on the left: the enemy will enter and... inside.... |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... low quality... |
| obverse col 2 1' | If in the left side of the gall bladder......... the enemy's land will be destroyed and the enemy will be killed. |
| obverse col 2 9' | If in the left of the gall bladder............. |
| reverse col 3 5' | ... donkey stallions |
| obverse col 2 17' | ... after that, my army will conquer the enemy. |
| obverse col 2 2' | If in the left of the gall bladder.... |
| obverse col 2 14' | If the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split and emerges from the top of the 'finger': the enemy will devastate the city. |
| obverse col 2 5' | If in the left of the gall bladder......: the enemy will attack, and he will come out in battle. |
| obverse col 2 22' | ... it stands... above its word. |
| obverse col 2 16' | If the middle of the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split: in front of the year the river will go and floods will take place. The enemy will emerge from the land. |
| obverse col 2 11' | ... of heaven and earth, scribal art, |
| obverse col 2 6' | If he sees a gall bladder on the left of the gall bladder and he sees a ghost: the enemy will smite and... his land. |
| obverse col 2 13' | If the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split: the enemy will enter and... or the flood will come. |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.