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BM 047601 (P564974)

Medical, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM 047601
IDP564974
Museum no.BM 047601
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreMedical

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 7If the Scorpion... its neck ditto:....
reverse 11If the Scorpion approaches its left: ditto.
reverse 15If the Scorpion's left horn ditto....
obverse 19'If a thigh is covered with a thigh and it has a bump: ditto he will bring everything in the city to a man.
obverse 15'If a Scorpion goes out of the lung and a man ditto: he will approach a man.
obverse 14'If a Scorpion goes on the left side of the gall bladder and ditto: a man will die in a man's house.
reverse 12If the Scorpion's right horn is ditto: a famine.
obverse 11'If a scorpion (gloss: break) on the throne of a man: he will become happy.
obverse 16'If a Scorpius emerges in a halo and a man ditto:... will approach a man.
obverse 6'If the Scorpion's horn... in the 'place of the bed'
reverse 19If a scorpion's foot... ditto:
reverse 16If the Scorpion's horn is thick, variant:....
obverse 12'If a scorpion (gloss: break) in a table: the foundations will not be firm.
reverse 10If the Scorpion Approaches its right horn ditto: robbery...
obverse 9'If the Scorpion.............
obverse 7'If a scorpion... a man(?) ditto
obverse 21'If the Scorpion...: in that patient, ditto: illness.......
obverse 2'If the Scorpion in the street.......
obverse 5'If a scorpion... in the bed of a man....
obverse 1'If the Scorpion in...
obverse 3'If the Scorpion in the street in front of.......
obverse 20'If a Scorpion is sick on a bed ditto: his illness will be removed.
obverse 22'If a scorpion..........
reverse 17If the Scorpion's horn is thick, variant:.......
obverse 4'If a Scorpion in the hand of a man...
obverse 8'If the Scorpion... a woman ditto.......
obverse 17'If a scorpion emerges in the wall and a man ditto: he will conquer the palace.
reverse 14If the Scorpion's right horn ditto:....
reverse 9If the Scorpion... stands on its left: ditto.......
obverse 25'......
obverse 10'If a scorpion...s a man ditto and his wife....
obverse 23'If a scorpion... at night: a man....
reverse 8If the Scorpion... its body ditto:....
reverse 13If the Scorpion's horn stands at its left: ditto.
reverse 18If a scorpion's paw... ditto....
obverse 18'If the Scorpion in...: a man and a king will die ditto.
obverse 24'... the hand of Iara to
obverse 13'If a Scorpius is located on a bed and a man ditto: he will die with him.

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