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BM.47448 (ebl:BM.47448)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47448 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47448 |
| Museum no. | BM.47448 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2 | ... from the right of the man to the left of the man he will be sated and he will go to the left of the man. |
| obverse 8 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: he will die and he will die. |
| reverse 1 | If a man... to his (personal) god...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,...,.. |
| obverse 20 | That man's heart is not good. |
| obverse 15 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: |
| obverse 6 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: |
| obverse 9 | To the right of a man he passed and his left hand smashed. |
| obverse 21 | ... to a man |
| reverse 17 | To the right of a man, he will be good. |
| obverse 2 | (If) a bird, from the right of a man to the left of a man, eats a fish. |
| obverse 3 | enters the lands, enters a man's house. |
| obverse 19 | If a man ditto (and) to his god ditto: the city of ulul will rise to the left. |
| reverse 12 | If a man is stricken in the beginning of the year: a campaign will take place and a bird in front of him. |
| obverse 13 | to the right of the man he will pass and his eyes will be filled. |
| reverse 14 | (If) in the street: that man will come. |
| reverse 16 | (If) he eats a bread in front of a hand and a bird from a man's left |
| obverse 5 | From the left (of the man) to the right (of the man) he has seized the fish. |
| reverse 19' | with him...... his... is a pig. |
| reverse 18 | If from the right of the man to the left of the man a'station' is missing: a reign of long days. |
| reverse 6 | If a man is seized by a god's temple and a man's rear is sick: his days will be long. |
| obverse 7 | To the left of the man he goes and his right lung is swollen |
| obverse 17 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: attack of the city ula. |
| obverse 14 | That man will die. |
| obverse 1 | If a man is seized by an oath: to his god. |
| reverse 11' | (If) a man's mouth is seen in front of the gate: he will die. |
| obverse 18 | (If) a man is surrounded by a halo on the right: that man will become happy. |
| reverse 8 | If a man approaches the mountain: attack of a snake from the left. |
| obverse 12 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: |
| obverse 4 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: |
| obverse 16 | to the left of the man... and... that man will acquire a copy. |
| reverse 15 | If a man either in his house or in the steppe or in his new house |
| reverse 7' | he goes and performs a sacrifice to his god. |
| reverse 5 | (If) his (personal) god is rejoicing: he will become happy. |
| reverse 13 | (If) he goes on a campaign and he goes. |
| reverse 3 | (If) he goes in front of him: he will become happy. |
| reverse 10 | From the right of the man to the left of the man he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 4 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice, he will take it away from his god and he will recover. |
| obverse 10 | If a man is seized by a sacrifice for his god: he will die and he will die. |
| obverse 11 | to the left of the man he will pass and his eyes will be stricken. |
| reverse 9 | (If) he goes in front of him and he is ill and he is ill. |
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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