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BM.38763 (ebl:BM.38763)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38763 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38763 |
| Museum no. | BM.38763 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11 | If a sheep... in front of a man:....... |
| reverse 2' | ... on the sheep... |
| reverse 6' | the scribe, son of Suaya(?) |
| obverse 1 | If a sheep's horns come out on its forehead: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| obverse 2 | If a sheep's horns are swollen: billy goat... |
| obverse 4 | If a sheep's horns become stationary behind it: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| obverse 5 | If a sheep's horns are like a horn: its owner will not raise a claim. |
| obverse 10 | If a man's sheep becomes visible and his eyes stand at the left.... |
| obverse 9 | If a man's sheep becomes visible and his eyes are located on the right:.... |
| obverse 7 | If a sheep's horns are swollen: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| reverse 5' | Dubr-er, son of e-ili... |
| reverse 1' | ... which is in front of the sheep... |
| obverse 8 | If a sheep's horns turn towards its rear: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| obverse 6 | If a sheep's horns are like a horn of a bull: the man will die. |
| reverse 7' | [Month...], 28th day, 20th year of Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of the universe, son of Nabopolassar, king of the universe. |
| obverse 3 | If a sheep's horns become stationary on its forehead: that animal stall will return. |
| reverse 3' | If a sorcery is located in the temple of the great god....... |
| reverse 4' | On the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), a city was placed on a pedestal; I did not finish it. According to the wording of a scribal art, I did not finish it. |
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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