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BM 035218 (P557281)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035218 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557281 |
| Museum no. | BM 035218 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | May heaven be smitten in heaven, may heaven be smitten like heaven. |
| 1' | ... from |
| 14' | his holy horns... heaven |
| reverse 6 | ... you place... |
| 21' | He brought out the gifts of the god Sîn, he made it shine like daylight. |
| 5' | Asalluhi, the son of Eridu, did not remove the incantation. |
| 4' | from? the ground, from? the ground, from... the ground |
| 12' | the Abzu, the holy place |
| 23' | to the heart of heaven may he stand. |
| 18' | he brought out a torch. |
| 6' | He made the divine radiance shine forth, he made the divine radiance shine forth. |
| 15' | whose limbs are nim-jir nim-jir nim-jir |
| 11' | may the furious mes tree be brought to you. |
| 20' | By Asalluhi and the sun of Eridu the incantation of dispelling |
| reverse 5 | ... the land... |
| 16' | By Gibil, the fire-jar, Utu came out in all the lands |
| 22' | May he be holy in heaven, may he be pure in earth. |
| 2' | ...... |
| 10' | the supreme hero of Enki |
| 9' | Incantation: O Gibil, exalted one, exalted one, favored of the Urarian |
| reverse 4 | ..., lady(?) |
| 3' | ...... |
| 13' | who makes perfect the divine attributes of Eridu |
| 8' | May the heart of heaven be released. : May the evil tongue stand outside. It is the wording of a purification rite. |
| 19' | whose shining face is bright, whose limbs are bright, whose limbs are bright, |
| 17' | Kusu, the great shrine of Enlil |
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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