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BM.37273 (ebl:BM.37273)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.37273 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.37273 |
| Museum no. | BM.37273 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
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) |
|---|---|
| 11 | That man, year 1:... the god's hand will not be abandoned. |
| 9 | (If) a man... the rites of his great divinity and he sits at the gate of the temple of Marduk. |
| 6 | .... he placed... on him, his lord, and his word... |
| 8 | If a snake is surrounded by a 'foot'-mark and it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and kills a snake. |
| 2 | ... flesh(?) |
| 5 | ... the pure(?) god,..... of the god, the pure(?) god, |
| 7 | ... either hand of a man or foot(?)... the great god(?) |
| 13 | If a snake has a neck: a man will die and in the path of his enemy will seize a man. |
| 10 | If a snake is surrounded by a 'foot'-mark and it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark: he will not kill him. |
| 3 | ... that... |
| 12 | He goes out to the namrashu-festival of god and king. |
| 4 | ... his property and property will be destroyed. |
| 1 | ... of the god... |
Sources & licences
- 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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