BM 040397 (P461184)
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| Designation | BM 040397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461184 |
| Museum no. | BM 040397 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [...] ... and the star [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... M]ars ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] and Jupiter ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] ... (variant:) a big star stands over it ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... keeps going h]igher (variant:) it is surrounded by stars [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... keeps g]oing higher (variant:) it is dotted with red [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] ... is high with it (variant:) it right side and left side [are dotted] with red [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [If Venus in the month Ayyāru (II) rises in the ea]st and is surrounded by a halo (variant:) in the east [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... Ma]rs, alternatively, Saturn [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] means “faint.” A halo [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u ⸢MUL⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ṣal]-⸢bat⸣-a-nu ⸢KU x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ SAG.ME.GAR ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MUL GAL UGU-⸢ša₂ DU x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... iš]-⸢ta⸣-naq-qa-a MUL NIGIN{at₂}⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... iš]-ta-naq-qa-a SA₅ ta-⸢kip⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x KI-šu₂ LA₂-ma ZAG-šu₂ u GUB₃ SA₅ [tuk-kup ...] | |
| 8' | {mul}dil-bat ina {iti}GU₄ ina {d}UTU].⸢E₃⸣ {d}UTU].⸢E₃⸣ KUR-ma TUR₃ NIGIN ina {d}⸢UTU.E₃⸣ {d}⸢UTU.E₃⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... ṣal]-⸢bat⸣-a-nu ša₂-niš SAG.UŠ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] un-nu-tu ⸢TUR₃⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...]-⸢as⸣-su [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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