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BM 033841 + BM 048068 (P513540)
Astral sciences, Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033841 + BM 048068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P513540 |
| Museum no. | BM 033841 + BM 048068 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 8 | ... I have prayed to you,..., your utterance,... your face..., |
| obverse 15 | You libate pure water... his...; you recite this incantation 3 times in... |
| reverse 11' | ...... in the street(?)... in the street |
| reverse 13' | ... you pour (the mixture) between them. |
| obverse 7 | He sinned against me, he was a widow, he sinned against me, but he did not raise me up, he sinned against me, |
| obverse 23 | ...... |
| reverse 10' | ......... to Marduk(?) |
| bottom 1' | ... [...]... or with water soaked in your presence, |
| obverse 3 | ... the one who makes pure heavens, |
| obverse 18 | ... An(?)............ |
| bottom 2' | Wherever you go, the god, the king, the nobleman and the prince will be glad. |
| obverse 13 | The great one, which cannot be altered, and the true one, which cannot be altered... |
| bottom 4' | ... Nabu, king of the universe |
| reverse 16' | ...... |
| obverse 9 | To your servant... and write my good word in his heart. |
| reverse 15' | ... over the...s... you place... |
| obverse 11 | queen of the people, lady of the lands, lady of the radiance of the heavens, |
| bottom 5' | ... you strew(?) |
| obverse 20 | ... lapis lazuli, pappardili-stone,..., |
| obverse 2 | who dwells in the pure heavens, favorite of ama and ama |
| obverse 12 | All the people are well. I am well. By the command of your divinity |
| obverse 4 | You are a guardian of the heart of Enlil. You are the one who does not... |
| obverse 6 | Now, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, your servant, am I. |
| obverse 10 | ... according to its mouth, truth, the Wagon, beloved of the heavens |
| obverse 5 | ... to Enlil, your lord, you set out. As many as there are, you shall set out. |
| bottom 3' | ...... does not have a slave(?) |
| reverse 14' | ...... : Incantation: You rejoice over me. |
| obverse 24 | ...... |
| obverse 19 | ... the wording of a god's prayer, compassion and prayer... |
| obverse 16 | You pour... into oil. You recite the incantation... in front of the Wagon. |
| obverse 21 | ... in the place of carnelian and marai stone |
| reverse 12' | ......... |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O Marduk, he who enters the heavens, lady of all the habitations, |
| obverse 22 | ... a reign of splendor... |
| obverse 14 | ... you put... in front of the Wagon. |
| obverse 17 | ... lapis lazuli, pappardili stone |
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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