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CM 43, pl. 34 (P555803)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CM 43, pl. 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P555803 |
| Museum no. | BM 036671 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
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 16 | If in Simanu (Month III), on the... day... the king.... |
| obverse 9 | (If) in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto (he sees...) |
| obverse 6 | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto: he will... a lion(?) |
| reverse 8' | If a cold wind blows and to the north wind... |
| reverse 4' | If a day... and a storm... and a storm....... |
| obverse 1 | If in Nisannu (Month I) the sky... |
| obverse 4 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto:.... |
| reverse 6' | If a day is dark and in the north: a flood.... |
| obverse 18 | If in Abu (Month V)... the people... |
| reverse 11' | If a storm blows its head towards the storm |
| obverse 15 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), on the... day... the king... |
| obverse 14 | If in Nisannu (Month I), on day 4, rain blew,... |
| reverse 2' | ... storm...... |
| obverse 5 | If in Abu (Month V) ditto a host of people... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 12 | If in Addaru (XII) ditto |
| obverse 13 | If in Nisannu (Month I), ditto an eclipse of the king.... |
| reverse 10' | If a cold wind blows and on the west side.... |
| obverse 10 | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto |
| reverse 16' | If 3 ewes are red: with ama. |
| reverse 18' | Written and checked according to the original |
| reverse 7' | If there is a mole on the day and it is covered in a rainstorm:....... |
| obverse 19 | In Ululu (Month VI) |
| obverse 3 | If in Simanu (Month III) ditto |
| reverse 14' | If a sow rises on the north side and reaches the north: |
| obverse 8 | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto:.... |
| reverse 15' | If a solar disk is located in the west and ama stands in it(?) |
| reverse 3' | ... emerges, rain... |
| reverse 9' | If a cold wind blows and to the south and the south wind blows: |
| obverse 2 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), ditto |
| obverse 11 | If in abau (Month XI), ditto......... |
| reverse 17' | If in Nisannu (Month I), the south wind blows: the king... against his land. |
| reverse 12' | If a cold wind blows on the south wind... |
| obverse 17 | If in Duuzu (Month IV)... the land |
| reverse 5' | If he... a horned rib(?) |
| reverse 13' | If a sow - in the east a sow is yellow: to be yellow. |
| obverse 7 | If in Taritu (Month VII), ditto: fall of reeds and oxen. |
| reverse 19' | and Marduk- |
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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