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BM 033558 (P557221)
Astrology, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557221 |
| Museum no. | BM 033558 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10 | He is a man by a favorable word. |
| reverse 6' | the treasurer |
| obverse 4 | he will conquer. |
| obverse 3 | Its name is good. In that city |
| obverse 7 | (If) he is stricken in the steppe: his yoke |
| reverse 3' | he has not sinned against(?) him |
| obverse 9 | his brothers he conquered |
| reverse 2' | he defeated... |
| obverse 8 | he has not sinned against |
| reverse 5' | (If) she eats share |
| obverse 2 | (If) she eats a share, she will become rich. |
| obverse 11 | he defeated |
| obverse 6 | Whose name is pleasing to (his) heart |
| reverse 9' | he has written |
| reverse 7' | If Mars becomes visible |
| obverse 1 | If the Bristle becomes visible: the prebend. |
| reverse 8' | in the aggatu |
| reverse 4' | [shall place] a prebend |
| obverse 5 | (If) its foundation is firm: in the palace. |
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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