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Gestirndarstellungen pl. 11-12 (P395217)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | Gestirndarstellungen pl. 11-12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395217 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 col 1 20 | ... my utterance |
| obverse col 1 11 | Anu, Enlil, and Ea set up a ritual assemblage. |
| reverse col 4 7' | (If) his (?) name(?) is written (in this papyrus) and (if) he sees (it) and he sees (it): a copy of a tree, a property of Anu and Antu |
| reverse col 3 3' | On the second day... |
| reverse col 3 5' | (If) on the 26th day he does not |
| reverse col 3 6' | From the 27th day to the 29th day |
| obverse col 1 5 | Mercury made the Furrow rise in the middle of the Furrow. |
| reverse col 4 8' | Tablet of NN, son of Kidin-Anu, the a-rabi, Ekur-zakir. |
| obverse col 2 20 | With(?) |
| obverse col 1 15 | The...s were torn out from Anu and Itar, they were torn out. |
| obverse col 1 16 | ... of the statue of the lamassu-priest and the goddess Itar with the star of Anu |
| obverse col 2 22 | The month of Kislmum |
| reverse col 4 6' | Anu, Enlil, and Ea, the great gods |
| obverse col 1 13 | ... and Kusu come out and kissed the ground of Uruk. |
| reverse col 4 9' | Beloved of Anu and Antu, the priest of the Re temple. |
| reverse col 3 9' | On the 29th day... |
| obverse col 2 9 | And Adad... the mugdaru |
| obverse col 2 15 | before ama |
| obverse col 1 3 | Month: “The Crab, Ellilbanda, Ea, the lord, has ruled.” |
| obverse col 1 9 | Abi, Ululu of Itar, lady of the lands |
| obverse col 2 12 | On the 18th day... like a mountain. |
| reverse col 3 7' | The sceptre... |
| obverse col 2 6 | ... lamentation, asakku-demon, and sea... |
| reverse col 3 12' | like that of ama in the land |
| obverse col 1 7 | On the third day Anu and Adad took a break. They did not see their name. |
| obverse col 2 16 | From their... |
| obverse col 2 3 | before... |
| obverse col 1 21 | ... pure |
| obverse col 1 22 | ........... |
| reverse col 3 2' | On the... day. |
| obverse col 2 5 | In the street....../4?... |
| obverse col 1 17 | ......s have slain his land |
| reverse col 3 11' | (In) the month of Addaru the month... |
| reverse col 3 10' | 25th year... An of abau (XI) |
| obverse col 1 6 | With the Panther, the star of Adad reaches the harrn of ama |
| obverse col 1 2 | which Belet-ili sat on the Euphrates. |
| obverse col 2 17 | Gilgame |
| reverse col 4 11' | Year 4.5 of Antiochus, king of the lands. |
| reverse col 3 14' | The Field |
| obverse col 1 19 | ... the lands(?) are established for you |
| obverse col 2 8 | On the 12th day: for the offering of... |
| obverse col 1 8 | among the great gods, their words are great. |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... they strew... the rites... |
| obverse col 1 1 | Ullu (Month VI), Ullu (Month VI), the work of Itar |
| obverse col 1 4 | which ama has smashed in the Furrow |
| obverse col 2 19 | On the 20th day... |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... my prayer... |
| reverse col 3 4' | Anu |
| obverse col 2 7 | he will have to go to the... |
| obverse col 1 14 | ... he shall give to Sîn and Ningal. |
| obverse col 1 18 | ... Anu, the king in kingship, the pure heavens, |
| obverse col 2 4 | Miar |
| reverse col 4 10' | Tirana, the hands of Anu-ab-utir, his son. Uruk. Duuzu. 21st day. |
| obverse col 2 2 | U4.5KAM... |
| obverse col 2 14 | From the presence of Anu |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... may he establish... |
| obverse col 2 13 | Anu, to praise |
| obverse col 2 10 | In the presence of the divine ulgi, the hero who cannot be altered |
| top 1 | By the command of Anu and Antu may it be well. |
| obverse col 1 12 | ... the temple(?) of the son of a prince with Sin and Ningal is placed as a banquet |
| reverse col 3 13' | and Illil(?) in the horn of the star |
| obverse col 2 18 | In the presence of |
| reverse col 3 8' | to... |
| obverse col 2 21 | 22(?)/23(?) lines |
| obverse col 1 10 | ... Nusku and Ninimma came out and he smote the street of Uruk. |
| obverse col 2 1 | In the month |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... of Adar (XII) is finished |
| obverse col 2 11 | from the house of Belet-il and Ihara |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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