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BM.46781 (ebl:BM.46781)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.46781 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.46781 |
| Museum no. | BM.46781 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial |
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 9' | (If)...... goes behind it and the middle of the road passes and goes in front of a man: good. |
| obverse 2' | ... that...... |
| reverse 16' | If a bird is surrounded by a hazibaru-plant: the bird of Nuska will stand on a censer. |
| obverse 20' | If ditto and a bird...... to the left.... |
| reverse 4' | If a bird is located like its head: locusts will... |
| reverse 19' | If a man eats a bread and a bird...: he will die. |
| obverse 8' | ...... and... on a man will pass by. |
| reverse 13' | If a bird is swollen: before a man's house he will be killed. |
| obverse 4' | ... which a man took and... to its feet... |
| reverse 14' | If a bird's face is red and white: he will become good. |
| reverse 20' | If a man is surrounded by a halo, and wherever he is placed, he will die and he will die. |
| reverse 9' | (If) its tail and its neck is swollen: an evil word will send him. |
| obverse 11' | ... and a bird... anything. |
| reverse 10' | If a bird is covered in a black halo: a man will stand in a halo on a man's neck. |
| obverse 7' | (If) a man is seized by a man and he is stricken: he will not reach him. |
| obverse 6' | ......... and he will not reach (the goal). |
| obverse 18' | If ditto and a bird from the right of a man to the left of a man is seen and it is good for. |
| reverse 5' | If a man approaches his temple and he sees a snake in front of a man: there will be... |
| obverse 3' | ... he will go before a man; his heart will become happy. |
| reverse 6' | If a man is stricken in his house and a snake is seen. |
| reverse 12' | If a bird is planted on a tree and it stands on a tree: the wall of the house will become stable. |
| reverse 11' | If a bird in Hula enters a man's house: that man will die in his house. |
| obverse 19' | If ditto and a bird......... and he......: a man will go and he will recover. |
| reverse 15' | If in Addaru (XII) he is seen: that man will be good. |
| reverse 3' | If a bird is red: bird of Nergal. |
| reverse 17' | If a man is seized by a bird and is seen by a enemy: that man will die. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto and a bird gives birth to anything, and it goes straight to the left of the man and he is stricken: he will recover. |
| obverse 14' | If ditto and a bird passes from the left side of the man to the right side of the man and it is pointed towards its left side. |
| obverse 13' | If ditto and a bird passes from the right side of the man to the left side of the man and it falls on its left side: a man will die. |
| reverse 7' | If an ebu-plant (is) a bird of Marduk: its body is like dates. |
| obverse 5' | ... of a man... and he is good for his feet. |
| obverse 17' | If ditto and a bird from a man's left to a man's right, from a man's right to a man's left, and it stands in the left of a man: he will not succeed. |
| reverse 18' | If a man eats a bread and a bird stands in front of it and stands in front of it: he will approach the ubarû-plant. |
| reverse 8' | If a bird of Itar receives a snare: in front of a man. |
| obverse 1' | ... he will go, he will prosper. |
| reverse 2' | If a bird that is in the middle of its destruction is white as much as.... |
| obverse 10' | ...... from the right... to the left... is good; from the left... to the right...... |
| reverse 1' | ... and to the left... |
| obverse 15' | If ditto and a bird... anything....... |
| obverse 16' | If ditto and a bird... from the right of a man... from the left of a man to the front of a man and he is stricken on the right of a man and he does not reach the right of a man. |
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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