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BM 033878 (P557235)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033878 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557235 |
| Museum no. | BM 033878 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10' | ...... he swore. |
| obverse 5' | ... the Crook whose appearance is present in the hand of his right hand. |
| obverse 1' | ...... on... |
| obverse 7' | If the Small Twins are 2: there will be famine. |
| reverse 1' | ... sisa2 with... |
| reverse 4' | ... year... |
| obverse 12' | ...... star... |
| obverse 3' | ... is located in its top to the star. |
| reverse 2' | ... son of Itti-ama-balau |
| obverse 6' | ... (If) the front of the 'finger' of the lung is seen in the hand of its right side. |
| obverse 2' | If the Great Twins are 2 in number: the ziggurrat is surrounded by a kurku-vessel. |
| obverse 9' | ..., whose hand is smashed, |
| obverse 4' | ... the black-headed... before the stars. |
| obverse 11' | If the Cancer star is surrounded by a apsakku-demon: 4 stars in its left side... in their hearts. |
| reverse 3' | ... of Ayyaru. |
| obverse 8' | ............. |
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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