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MC 25, 403 (+) 404 (P556440)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MC 25, 403 (+) 404 |
|---|---|
| ID | P556440 |
| Museum no. | BM 037675 + BM 037868 (+) BM 037859 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 5' | (If) a eagle and the Moon, sons of the sons of the gods, who had sinned against him and whose face is swollen: |
| reverse 10' | ... from... tablet... |
| reverse 9' | ... his eyes, which are red,..., |
| obverse 12' | ... of Ningal of Nippur, year: “Gula was speaking in his anger to Enlil, and Enlil was speaking in his speech.” |
| obverse 4' | Urbarra and Enki and Anu, the name of Enki from the boundary territory of Enki, his father |
| reverse 4' | (If) a eagle and Kiar's name in front of ama of Nippur her hips enter |
| obverse 10' | (If) a sheep and a thigh:... the father of their soldiers. |
| reverse 1' | The Ningal bird of Nippur goes with the woman to the evil weapon of her city. |
| obverse 3' | ... their lives will be captured. |
| obverse 9' | oxen and birds... their... |
| obverse 7' | The KA.A-priestess of the god Enlil, the name of Dagan and Erra has sworn and to the water |
| obverse 8' | ... the news of Ea... he said to them: |
| obverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 7' | (If) a pigeon and a abu-bird and a son of abu-ikun kill them and kill their hands. |
| left 2 | ... his/its |
| reverse 8' | (If) a pigeon and an adlu-bird recite the name of Enlil and the adlu-bird: evil will be made. |
| obverse 1' | Saari and Aal, the name of the god Enlil, entered the Scorpion and its deaths... |
| obverse 6' | If he is a lion and does not enter the Ekur, his speech... |
| reverse 6' | they have gathered me. |
| reverse 3' | (If) a enenmau-bird of Anar (is) the name of Anar (is) the name of Enlil and he will recover. |
| obverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | (If) the Eagle, the name of the Sin (is) the igru (temple): the Scorpion will prosper and its foundations will not thrive. |
| obverse 11' | (If) a snake and the Scorpion - the name of Enlil will come forth in the Ekur: he will place it inside it and turn it back to its rear. |
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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