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BM.45457 (ebl:BM.45457)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.45457 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.45457 |
| Museum no. | BM.45457 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 6' | If a snake stands in a man's house: that man will seize an oath. |
| 7' | If a snake emerges from a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| 8' | ...... evil in front of its house... |
| 3' | If a snake is seen in a man's house: that house will be abandoned. |
| 11' | ... that house will not prosper. |
| 2' | ... in the house |
| 5' | If a snake... in a man's house, men... in their midst.... |
| 1' | ... stone(?) |
| 9' | ... that house |
| 10' | ... life... |
| 4' | If a snake... in a man's house: a man will seize a man.... in a robber's hand. |
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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