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BM 038732 (P469992)
Astrology; Commentary, Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038732 |
|---|---|
| ID | P469992 |
| Museum no. | BM 038732 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology; 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 8 | ...... |
| 17' | ... not............... |
| 9' | The river level... |
| 12' | ...... to the king... his army... |
| 2' | ... city, king and people... |
| 10' | ... the king of the city and people, and the... will not cross over(?) |
| bottom 1 | ......... |
| 18' | ... of... in Nisannu (I) on the 14th day: an eclipse will occur. |
| 6' | ......... |
| 8' | ... on the... day: an eclipse will take place; the land will be covered with water. |
| bottom 2 | ... :...... |
| reverse 9 | ........ |
| reverse 7 | ............ |
| 13' | ... enters into his heart and... |
| reverse 6 | ...... on the 16th day: an eclipse will take place. The king of the land... |
| 11' | ... ama(?)... in his head(?) |
| 16' | If in Ululu (Month VI) on the 20th day an eclipse takes place: the king's son will... to.... |
| reverse 3 | ... great... |
| 15' | ... the king of Akkad will die : Adapa (means) : woman. |
| reverse 4 | ... great |
| 7' | ... in...: light (means):....... |
| 19' | ... the son of the king will die and he will seize the throne....... |
| reverse 5 | ...... |
| 5' | ... the desert? of the land in battle?... |
| 14' | .................. |
| bottom 3 | ... entered inside it |
| reverse 2 | ...... |
| 1' | ... on the... day: an eclipse will take place... |
| 3' | ...... : the star(?) will fall. |
| 20' | ... an eclipse in the middle watch...... |
| 4' | ... on the... day: an eclipse will take place; the troops will be seized. |
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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