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BM 035175 (P557280)

Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationBM 035175
IDP557280
Museum no.BM 035175
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreAstral sciences
Find spotBabylon (mod. Bābil)
Coordinates32.5350, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
9'He did not have a grasp on the ground(?) and did not have a grasp on the ground(?)
6'The Nungaleans did not raise their eyes towards heaven.
8'Its right hand is full of humbly. Its well is full of humbly. : (If) it is a large intestine(?), it does not stand in its midst.
3'He made the people rejoice, the gods rejoice, and the sanctuaries rejoice.
7'Agag and the lord of the Igigi, in the heavens, will not be able to stand by him.
10'He did not open the courtyard, he did not give his place. He shall not give his face to him. At his appearance he will die, he will die.
13'..., whose hand is adorned with fury, who is to smite
16'O father of the gods, whose heart's word is bitter, whose utterance is bitter,
2'He smote the city, he smote it, and the gods smote it, and he smote it.
14'Whoever breaks the contract shall place... in the place where he resides.
5'... the gods who determines destinies,... the top of the land,... all of them.
17'The lord, the one whose own fearsomeness is great, the one whose utterance is supreme, the one who makes the foreign lands rejoice,
15'Whose lord is a hero, who has grasped the heart, who has given wisdom, who has given wisdom and wisdom?
11'... he made it stand as a marvel to you, the gods of the entire world.
4'So that azu, the king of the gods, decides the fates, brings about the return of all the lands.
1'The elamû-disease of the gods is not to be dispersed, the gods are torn out, and their necks are torn out.
12'The gods of the totality of that land have not finished their work, they have not finished their work.

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