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Summa izbu no. 22, BM 033793 (P565160)
Divination, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Summa izbu no. 22, BM 033793 |
|---|---|
| ID | P565160 |
| Museum no. | BM 033793 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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' | ... his lord will come out. That month, your first appearance |
| obverse 15' | If a sow gives birth and its feet are not there: a halo of a man's house will be scattered. |
| reverse 7' | ... his lord, enters (and) sees a censer. |
| obverse 6' | If a sow gives birth to 15 pigs: a man will enter the city. |
| obverse 12' | If a sow gives birth and it is red: joy of heart : a sow gives birth and.... |
| obverse 18' | If a sow gives birth and it does not have a head: that man will die and he will die. |
| obverse 20' | If a sow gives birth to a pig |
| reverse 2' | ... the foundation of a man's house. |
| obverse 13' | If a sow gives birth and it is yellow: its owner will be satisfied. |
| obverse 5' | If a sow gives birth to 10 pigs: the harvest of the land will prosper; its owner.... |
| obverse 14' | If a sow gives birth and its feet are not covered in a man's house: the enemy will afflict the land with evil. |
| reverse 4' | ... there are locusts and fish... |
| reverse 1' | He has sworn by the name of the king, my lord |
| reverse 8' | ... emerges...: her owner will become happy. |
| obverse 3' | If a sow gives birth to 8 pigs: there will be reconciliation in the land. |
| obverse 9' | If a sow gives birth to 30 (pigs), there will be no rejoicing and the mouth of the land will become stable. |
| obverse 1' | If a sow gives birth to 7 (piglets) and it is white: a man will die; he will die.... |
| obverse 16' | If a sow gives birth and its heads are 2: the owner of the sow will die. |
| reverse 3' | ... they have done well. A sickness in the evening... |
| obverse 2' | If a sow gives birth to 7(?) and their foreheads are dark:.... |
| obverse 17' | If a pig gives birth and its heads are 3: the house of its owner... |
| obverse 4' | If a sow gives birth to 10 pigs: the man's house will not prosper. |
| obverse 7' | If a sow gives birth to 20 (piglets), it will not be long. |
| obverse 11' | If a sow gives birth and the nights are dark: its owner will die.... |
| obverse 8' | If a sow gives birth to 25 (pigs): the total of the wording of the word. |
| obverse 10' | If a sow gives birth and it is white: her owner will become numerous. |
| obverse 19' | If a sow gives birth and their heads... |
| reverse 9' | ..... |
| reverse 5' | ... will enter. That lord will become rich. |
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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