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BM.40407 (ebl:BM.40407)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40407 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40407 |
| Museum no. | BM.40407 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy |
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 7' | If... my... speaks... |
| obverse 6 | ...... he constantly seeks out... |
| obverse 7 | ...... |
| obverse 3 | ... as much as he said to |
| reverse 6' | ... black-headed people |
| reverse 2' | ... to the gate |
| obverse 1 | ... in the path... |
| reverse 3' | ... he smote..., he smote |
| obverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 4' | If a man's male child screams,... |
| obverse 2 | If your captivity... |
| obverse 4 | If the horn of the ox reaches the horn: the gods... |
| obverse 5 | If a man's army is seized by an arrow: |
| reverse 5' | If he appoints him to his temple, he will reach.... |
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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