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MUL.APIN, text P (P496535)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MUL.APIN, text P |
|---|---|
| ID | P496535 |
| Museum no. | BM 037325 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
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 col 2' 6' | If in Nisannu (Month I) 2nd day: ulgi. |
| reverse col 3' 3' | The length is 10 cubits, the width 6 cubits. |
| reverse col 3' 6' | The length is 2 cubits, the width 7 cubits. |
| reverse col 3' 5' | If the base of the middle surface of the 'finger' is nn cubits: a reign of long days. |
| reverse col 3' 10' | 2 cubits, the north wind... |
| reverse col 3' 2' | 9 cubits; its length is 6 fingers; 40 nindanu. |
| reverse col 3' 11' | 3 cubits, the upper side... |
| reverse col 3' 7' | 3 cubits, the height of the courtyard; |
| reverse col 3' 9' | If the base of the 'finger' is 1 cubit in front of... |
| obverse col 2' 3' | If the moon is surrounded by a cloudy day: a month will come. |
| obverse col 2' 2' | If the day elapses, the day, month, and year in front of you |
| reverse col 3' 8' | If in ebtu (Month X), on day 15 |
| obverse col 2' 10' | If the veins of the colon are 1 cubit and 2 red: a reign of long days. |
| reverse col 3' 1' | 8 cubits, the length 7 U and 30 nindanu each. |
| reverse col 3' 4' | If in Taritu (Month VII), on the 15th day the day is 3 minas: the day is 3 minas. |
| obverse col 2' 11' | The length is 2 cubits, the width 1 is 7 fingers. |
| obverse col 2' 7' | In Ullu (Month VI), the outskirts of Amurru |
| obverse col 2' 9' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| obverse col 2' 8' | If in the month of Nisannu (I) there will be famine. |
| obverse col 2' 1' | In... |
| obverse col 2' 4' | [50] days eclipsing the month, 50 days eclipsing the month, |
| obverse col 2' 5' | You watch over the years. In those 3 years you will speak the following. |
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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