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BM 041053 (P461197)
Astrology; Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461197 |
| Museum no. | BM 041053 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology; 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 11' | ... in the middle watch... |
| reverse 5' | “Dayak” (= Marduk II l. 10) (refers to) the god who goes to the sage... |
| obverse 0' | ... the face of the tablet of... |
| reverse 4' | and Guti... |
| reverse 3' | The place which An...... his land |
| reverse 1' | If in ebtu (Month X), on the fourteenth day ditto.... |
| obverse 7' | from the north to the south(?) |
| obverse 8' | The north wind blew; its right horn... |
| obverse 6' | (If) the king emerges from a great star and its people do not... |
| obverse 5' | (If) a man dies in a star : in the middle of an eclipse.... |
| reverse 6' | If in abau (Month XI), on the fourteenth day ditto... |
| obverse 10' | ...... : lord who does not eclipse (means) an eclipse |
| obverse 3' | KUR.GAL : Itar : KUR.GAL : Enlil... |
| obverse 2' | ... the south wind blew. : The Old Man... |
| obverse 9' | In Ayyaru (II) on the 14th day ditto and the enemy. |
| obverse 4' | ... hand of Itar : the True Shepherd(?) |
| obverse 1' | ... ama |
| reverse 2' | (If) he does not wait for one (time) : an eclipse.... |
| left 1 | ... Jupiter(?) |
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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