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BM.41661 (ebl:BM.41661)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.41661 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.41661 |
| Museum no. | BM.41661 |
| 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 13 | If in ebtu (Month X), in the middle of the year |
| reverse 1' | If a house, who dwells, is constantly worried... |
| obverse 10 | If in Taritu (Month VII), the death of a god to a man.... |
| obverse 1 | If in Nisannu (Month I), from the 1st day to the 30th day: his god or Itar will restore it. |
| obverse 14 | If in abau (Month XI).... |
| reverse 9' | If a god enters a man's house: he will recover. |
| obverse 8 | If in Ululu (VI) a man is seized by the brothers: he will not make a claim. |
| obverse 12 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) that man is surrounded by a ghost: he will recover. |
| obverse 11 | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII) a god and a fog rolls |
| reverse 2' | If a house, the one who sits inside it,... |
| obverse 3 | If in Nisannu (Month I) ditto: there will be death in a man's house. |
| obverse 2 | That man has become dilapidated; his wife will make a good word. |
| reverse 12' | ... white kalaru-plant is present in a man's house.... |
| reverse 4' | If a man is seized by a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 6' | If a man enters a man's house: that house will become poor. |
| obverse 5 | If in Simanu (Month III), his heir is happy: the god will have mercy on him. |
| obverse 0 | At the command of Enlil and my lady, may it go well. |
| reverse 14' | ...... |
| obverse 15 | If in Addaru (Month XII) as much as he brings, he will conquer. |
| reverse 5' | If a man's house is destroyed and he is scattered in that house: there will be no return. |
| reverse 10' | If a man gives food in a man's house: illness and hunger will be scattered to the man. |
| obverse 4 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), (the moon) rises in its god: he will become happy. |
| reverse 13' | ......... |
| reverse 3' | If a man's house... (appears): that house will become happy. |
| reverse 11' | ... to the mouth of... |
| obverse 6 | If in Dumuzi a man's house... the king will die. |
| reverse 8' | If he enters a man's house: fear of the god. |
| obverse 7 | If in Ab (V) there is a mole in a man's house: there will be evil. |
| obverse 9 | (If) in Ululu (Month VI) ditto: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | If a man's house is swollen: he will die. |
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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