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BM.39519 (ebl:BM.39519)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.39519 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.39519 |
| Museum no. | BM.39519 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological |
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 7' | If a sow gives birth to a sow and its feet are swollen: the household will diminish. |
| obverse 2' | If a sow gives birth to 1 (pig) and it is dark: the lord of the sow will see abundance. |
| obverse 4' | If a sow gives birth to 1 pig and it is yellow: the king's son will seize his father's son. |
| obverse 8' | If a sow gives birth to 1 ahu and it is covered in a lump: a man will devour everything. |
| obverse 9' | If a sow gives birth to one pig and it is covered in the land: a strong flood will seize. |
| obverse 1' | If a sow gives birth to 1 (pig) and it is white: the owner of the sow will see the sow. |
| obverse 6' | If a pig gives birth to one pig and its feet are covered in front of it: that house will prosper. |
| obverse 5' | If a sow gives birth to one and its eyes are swollen: that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | If a sow gives birth to 1 (pig) and it is red: rejoicing. |
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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