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BM.47204 (ebl:BM.47204)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47204 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47204 |
| Museum no. | BM.47204 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 8 | If oxen and their tails have been seized, the owner of the animal stall will die. |
| 6 | If an ox comes close to a horse: the king will die and his land will diminish. |
| 9 | If Mercury at its appearance which faces the right side, a lightning flashes on its front. That ox is surrounded by a halo. |
| 12 | As to the name of oxen, oxen, oxen, oxen, oxen, sheep and goats, as much as there is in the halo of the house, not favourable. |
| 11 | If an ox in front of its right side... stands at its left. |
| 13 | If oxen... head ditto... |
| 10 | By the name of an ox, the great hero, the great hero... |
| 5 | If an ox roars towards a donkey : attack of a enemy against a man. |
| 7 | If the oxen are in the halo, the owner of the halo will die. |
| 3 | If a man's eye... |
| 2 | If a man enters a man's house and he... in his horn.... |
| 4 | If an ox comes close to a donkey: the god of the land will widen his understanding.... |
| 1 | If a man enters a man's house and.... |
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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