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BM.38154 (ebl:BM.38154)
CANONICAL > Divination > Other (Dreams, Birds, etc.), Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38154 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38154 |
| Museum no. | BM.38154 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Other (Dreams, Birds, etc.) |
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 16 | If he approaches his sister: he will become numerous, and he will die. |
| obverse 11' | If Mars becomes visible in the west: |
| reverse 6 | If his god speaks with him, he will recover. |
| reverse 17 | If he approaches the quay: |
| obverse 13' | If he enters the house of Marduk: his foundation will be firm. |
| reverse 8 | If his (personal) god is worried: he will become hostile. |
| reverse 4 | If he enters the house of his god and he is ill: he will die. |
| reverse 18 | If he approaches the street: he will acquire a name. |
| obverse 16' | If he enters the temple of the moon |
| reverse 11 | If Belet-ili says: "You are sons" |
| obverse 9' | If a man sees a snare: he will kill his brothers. His pigeon will not dwell in the steppe. |
| reverse 3 | If he enters his god's temple and he is covered with a thigh: he will die.... |
| obverse 12' | If he enters Esagil: his head will be seized. |
| reverse 5 | If he enters the temple of his god and his god speaks with him: he will be well. |
| reverse 19 | If he approaches a man: he will die. |
| obverse 15' | If he enters the Ezida temple |
| obverse 14' | If he enters the house of Ea:.... |
| reverse 14 | If a man... in his (personal) god's house: he will die for a woman. |
| reverse 12 | If Anu hears of the omen, as many as he says, he will recover. |
| obverse 10' | He stands above his lord, he holds the bow, he holds the thigh; he holds the messenger. |
| reverse 9 | If a god is seized by a curse: evil. |
| reverse 1 | If he enters the house of ama:... |
| obverse 1' | If.............. |
| obverse 2' | If a god... his city... |
| obverse 3' | If a star sees a man in a man's house: he will die. |
| reverse 15 | If he approaches his boat: he will enter into a sealed document. |
| reverse 7 | If his (personal) god speaks with him: that man will not acquire a decision. |
| obverse 7' | (If) he is stricken like the gods, he will achieve his heart's desire and he will not die, he will say, and he will recover. |
| obverse 6' | He did not sleep in his yoke, nor did he sleep above his brothers. That man swore by a good word. |
| reverse 10 | If Marduk says: That man will stand above his lord. |
| reverse 2 | If he enters the house of his god:.... |
| obverse 8' | If a man’s fingernail is wide: he will acquire an offering. |
| obverse 5' | he names it for good fortune. |
| reverse 13 | If he says “Ninlil is great!” |
| obverse 4' | He will reach his hands in the city. He will die in his father's house. He will recover. In the palace of Malku. |
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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