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BM.47809 (ebl:BM.47809)

CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM.47809
IDebl:BM.47809
Museum no.BM.47809
CollectionBabylon
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 5'The scorpion(?)......
obverse 15'.........
reverse 11'... sees...
reverse 8'... in a man's house...
reverse 5'......
obverse 2'......
obverse 11'... the... which are placed on the thigh
obverse 12'... of ditto in...
obverse 6'.........
obverse 13'... of ditto in...
obverse 7'(If) they are stricken(?).........
obverse 9'If the Scorpion in a... house
obverse 14'... the wall of the entnu-priestess...
reverse 9'...... a man will see a man...
obverse 3'... in a man's house
obverse 10'(As for) the one who falls upon a man, that man will hand over (them)
obverse 4'...... and... before...
reverse 10'... the man will see...
reverse 7'.........
obverse 8'If a scorpion... in the street(?)

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