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BM 035872 (P557345)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035872 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557345 |
| Museum no. | BM 035872 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
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) |
|---|---|
| 11' | If a woman ditto and in their life... |
| 6' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and gives birth to a cow: that land will be destroyed. |
| 5' | If a woman gives birth to 2 and it does not have a nose and feet: the king's land will become hostile. |
| 10' | If a woman ditto and... in their life. |
| 7' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and they are seized by their life: the land will rule it. |
| 4' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and they are stricken on their necks and their face is split: the land's gods will die. |
| 9' | (If) he is surrounded by a halo, he will go and kill my troops. |
| 3' | If a woman gives birth to 2 and it is like a bull: the son of ama will seize the king's hands. |
| 2' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and 1 male: 1 female: there will be barley. |
| 8' | If a woman gives birth to a matabtu-mark and it is seized by their life (and) the right hand of the right hand is not present: the enemy will kill me with a weapon. |
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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