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BM.48493 (ebl:BM.48493)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.48493 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.48493 |
| Museum no. | BM.48493 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy |
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 1' | ......... |
| obverse 2' | If.......... |
| obverse 17' | ... |
| reverse 5 | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the left of the gall bladder: in... |
| obverse 12' | If a Perforation stands in the top of the Scorpion:.... |
| obverse 8' | If his eyes are wide.... |
| obverse 3' | If in front of....... |
| obverse 19' | If in the base of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark:.... |
| reverse 9 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger': attack... |
| reverse 15 | ......... |
| obverse 14' | If in the left side of the 'finger'....... |
| reverse 14 | If a snake... in his hand... |
| reverse 13 | If in the middle of the middle part of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark is located on the left 'finger'.... |
| obverse 16' | If in the middle of the 'finger' a 'weapon'-mark is located on the left of the 'finger': |
| reverse 6 | If a...-mark is located in the 'finger' of its feet: the middle of the 'third man' (= EAE 24(25) IX) will place....... |
| reverse 10 | If in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark on the right 'finger'.... |
| obverse 11' | If a Perforation is located on the top of the Scorpion:.... |
| obverse 18' | If a Perforation is located on the right side of the gall bladder |
| reverse 2 | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the top of its left 'finger':.... |
| obverse 6' | If in the lower part, on the right.... |
| obverse 9' | If it is seen on the right of the gall bladder:.... |
| reverse 3 | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the left of the gall bladder:.... |
| obverse 5' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder.... |
| obverse 4' | If there is a foot>-mark on the upper front: 1 15... |
| reverse 8 | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the left of his foot:.... |
| obverse 15' | If a 'weapon'-mark is located on the right of the lung: his fate... |
| reverse 11 | If in the middle of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark... |
| reverse 1 | If his feet are crossed over, evil will be seen(?) |
| obverse 13' | If on the right of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 10' | ... the one who... the face... |
| obverse 7' | There is a 'foot'-mark on the left of the gall bladder... |
| reverse 4 | If a...-mark is located on the left of his foot: in the house?.... |
| reverse 7 | If a Perforation is located on the left of his foot:....... |
| reverse 12 | If in the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark is located on the right.... |
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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