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BM 033833 + BM 047931 (P461125)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033833 + BM 047931 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461125 |
| Museum no. | BM 033833 + BM 047931 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 26' | ............ |
| obverse 4' | ...... in the evening |
| reverse 14' | ... stands in front of the sun and an eclipse will take place. The Moon is eclipsed and it is eclipsed. On the 20th day, on the 12th day, the Bull of Heaven... |
| reverse 15' | ... the west wind blew. That day, an eclipse will occur. : (If) an eclipse in its opening (or): if the sun on the 20th day ditto and all day. |
| reverse 4' | If the sun on the 14th day ditto and that day the west wind blew :.... |
| reverse 13' | ... on the 20th day...... he went out. : He stood with him. : (If) an eclipse of the sun is 20... stars... |
| obverse 9' | ... the wall of... :... |
| obverse 12' | ... an eclipse of heaven... : mountain : If the Sun in the morning watch... |
| obverse 20' | In the sun it rises in front of the sun : the sun rises : |
| obverse 16' | ... : light... The sun rises and it sets. |
| obverse 6' | ... a solar disk emerges in a black... and...... |
| reverse 3' | (If) an eclipse takes place in the middle of Elam: |
| obverse 18' | If the sun comes out in the morning of Jupiter(?) |
| obverse 13' | ... ulpaea (is) his name. : If the Sun in the middle watch :....... |
| reverse 8' | Afterwards, an eclipse of Elam took place. |
| obverse 23' | in the land BAD-DU (means) : not...... : the land... |
| reverse 21' | came out and tablet of ar-Bel, son of um-Bel, descendant of um- |
| obverse 19' | ... all of it, I did not see...... |
| obverse 8' | ...... : the king of the west : the king...... when a month... |
| obverse 22' | The king(?) killed him in the street |
| reverse 12' | ... : an eclipse of the king of the world :... |
| reverse 17' | ... ditto; it is surrounded by a halo, and all day long. |
| obverse 11' | ... and... : (If) the sheep stand with him :... : |
| obverse 7' | ...... not good(?) |
| obverse 17' | (If) in the west (means) ama (means) ama (means) ama (means) ama |
| obverse 24' | ... stands in front of us. |
| reverse 6' | On the 1st day, on the 3rd day.......... |
| obverse 15' | ............ |
| reverse 11' | That which is not eclipsed(?), the 20th?,......, the day that... |
| reverse 7' | (If) in the month of the watch a rainbow rises and the eclipse... |
| reverse 18' | ... ditto. On the day that a cloudburst takes place, on the day that... and.... |
| reverse 5' | The... day....... |
| obverse 25' | ... evil |
| reverse 19' | ...... ditto and it rises: in the middle of the night, it rises in a red cloud. : If the sun on a cloudy day.... |
| reverse 16' | ... and in the middle of the day that......... : an eclipse of the king on... |
| obverse 5' | ... :...... : |
| reverse 20' | ... a cloudburst, (but) not as much as there is to rain. That day,... |
| obverse 14' | (If) there is a cloud in the west and in the west : rain :... :...... |
| reverse 9' | If the sun on the 14th day ditto and that day....... |
| obverse 3' | ......... |
| reverse 2' | ... TIR.AN.NA means :... |
| obverse 10' | ... stands in front of him :... will appear; Mercury... : alternatively, Mercury...... |
| reverse 10' | (If) a solar disk does not rise in the middle of a cloudy day:............... |
| obverse 21' | ... a black horn... all the black horns(?) |
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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