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BM 038421 (P461171)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038421 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461171 |
| Museum no. | BM 038421 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
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' | (If) ditto the red star(s) : ditto the planets : to be distant : to be distant : to be distant : to be distant... |
| obverse 21' | Its horns(?) are pointed(?) and are seen with the eyes(?) : On the 1st day comes out and... |
| reverse 4' | ... you set up an eclipse (i.e., the moon?). : On the road, the mouth is swollen, alternatively, the strong storms... |
| obverse 19' | ...... : it is yellow-green and its horns are stretched out... |
| obverse 5' | (If) its horn is long to the north:... the evil of the land will change. On the 30th day |
| obverse 13' | ... uddat (means): the fourth (means): the fourth (means): the fourth (means): the day... horns... |
| obverse 12' | ......... :... :......... |
| obverse 20' | ...... :... :... :... :... :... :... |
| obverse 22' | ...... on the 1st day |
| reverse 7' | ... white stars...... |
| obverse 14' | If on the... day it stands in the sun and... :.... |
| obverse 16' | ... 1 star stands in front of it : either a day or a day. |
| reverse 6' | in the west the evil of the land Amurru (means) : a red star (means) : he will die. : Mars(?) |
| obverse 4' | (If) a woman... of an eclipse on her right... : his horn to the right.... |
| reverse 13' | kilallan... : Dilbat (means) : lady/child(s)...... |
| reverse 11' | (If) a star stands at its left horn (means): to be bright. : The moon....... |
| obverse 17' | ...... of the Apsu : his horns are pointed and...... |
| reverse 3' | ... in the east the evil of the Westland |
| reverse 9' | alternatively, the work of the foreign lands and foreign lands, the destruction of my land... |
| obverse 10' | On the 11th day... stands in front of the sun.......... |
| obverse 3' | ... ah-ulsa, 30 and? 20...... |
| obverse 7' | (If) the enemy will not see(?) Akkad... : its horn... will be placed and the horn.... |
| reverse 8' | In a black eclipse, on the whole day, in a black eclipse, the sun...... the day and the land... |
| obverse 2' | ... Mercury |
| reverse 12' | (If) an eclipse (means) : a rage of the stars, alternatively Manzat,... : diu-disease of the star.... |
| reverse 5' | ... a star on its right and left...... |
| obverse 18' | If... and its horns are long: the day will become visible and the day 14....... |
| reverse 14' | ... it stands in front of ulpae |
| obverse 8' | ... the heart of her eyes. On the 1st day... you set up evil. |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 11' | ...... like before......... |
| obverse 6' | the evil of the land : KA of Giril :... :... in the south(?) |
| reverse 2' | ...... Mercury and Sagittarius (means):... 3... |
| obverse 9' | ...... : a star to the horn |
| obverse 15' | ... Mercury approaches him : it is yellow-green and : Saturn approaches him : : it is yellow-green. |
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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