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BM.47677 (ebl:BM.47677)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.47677 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.47677 |
| Museum no. | BM.47677 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru |
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 10' | ... the house(?) |
| reverse 4' | If................ |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | If the right side of the gall bladder is black: the enemy will fire against me. |
| reverse 7' | If the right side of the gall bladder is split: hand of a sick woman. |
| obverse 8' | If an anomaly is located on the right: residing in the city of your guard, to the land. |
| obverse 14' | If the right and left side of the 'finger' is split |
| obverse 5' | If the eyes are black: the enemy will kill my army. |
| obverse 17' | If he sees a man, he will die. |
| reverse 6' | If... in the middle... a man's wife.... |
| obverse 12' | If an anomaly is located on the right side of the 'finger': my troops will die. |
| reverse 5' | If....... |
| obverse 9' | If the left side of the gall bladder is split: residing in the city (and) the guard(?) will be killed(?) |
| obverse 18' | If the 'weapon'-marks of the 'finger' are long: the enemy will be killed. |
| obverse 16' | If the left side of the gall bladder is split: the enemy will be killed. |
| obverse 15' | If my limbs are 15: the enemy will kill my enemies. |
| obverse 13' | If an anomaly is located on the left of the gall bladder: the enemy's troops will be scattered. |
| obverse 6' | If the 'well-beings' are black: the army will be killed. |
| reverse 3' | ............. |
| reverse 8' | It is the first tablet of the series. |
| obverse 1' | If the left side of the 'finger' is dark: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 7' | If their... are black: your army will fall in battle. |
| obverse 2' | If an anomaly is located on the right side: the fish-girl of Baba (is) the brewer who is dressed in the garments. |
| obverse 4' | If the left side of the 'finger' is black: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 11' | If the 'path' on the left of the 'finger' is covered in a 'weapon'-mark: evil will fall upon the enemy's army. |
| obverse 10' | If the right side of the 'finger' is covered in a yellow 'finger': evil will fall upon my army. |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 9' | Written and checked according to its original. |
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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