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BM 034983 (P557261)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 034983 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557261 |
| Museum no. | BM 034983 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? 11' | After he has sworn by the name of the king |
| obverse? 17' | ... of |
| obverse? 20' | ....... |
| reverse? 9 | With me.... |
| obverse? 12' | ... the utterance of the rites. |
| reverse? 12 | ... which to |
| obverse? 7' | In the water... |
| obverse? 5' | did not... |
| obverse? 10' | You are the one who... |
| reverse? 11 | ......... |
| obverse? 18' | the wife(?) in |
| reverse? 19 | May you be a young man |
| reverse? 8 | who is a thief who is his own |
| reverse? 22 | May it not(?) |
| obverse? 8' | In his river... |
| reverse? 24 | Because of this |
| obverse? 23' | This... |
| obverse? 13' | That one(?) or... |
| obverse? 21' | I looked... |
| reverse? 6 | ...... |
| reverse? 17 | ... the land... |
| obverse? 4' | did not... |
| obverse? 3' | ...... |
| obverse? 19' | After he has sat down(?) |
| reverse? 4 | The... of the place where... is brought(?) |
| reverse? 18 | ... may.... |
| reverse? 13 | In order to... the land/mountain(?) |
| reverse? 7 | Come! |
| reverse? 3 | ... will give |
| reverse? 14 | to the land of the flood... |
| obverse? 22' | I did not |
| reverse? 5 | ... and... |
| reverse? 20 | ... I...... |
| obverse? 16' | ... maupi- |
| obverse? 15' | he...... |
| obverse? 6' | I did not |
| reverse? 16 | ... which you wrote...... |
| reverse? 10 | We......... |
| obverse? 9' | you went |
| reverse? 25 | or a ri- |
| obverse? 14' | The king, my lord, should know (this) in his mind(?) |
| reverse? 23 | Because of the distress... |
| reverse? 15 | ... you...... |
| reverse? 21 | or...... |
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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