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BM 035960 (P557364)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035960 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557364 |
| Museum no. | BM 035960 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | ... the divine powers |
| 7' | If the breast-bone is swollen in its horn: he will kill the king. |
| 14' | If the breast-bone on the right is swollen and is covered in... |
| 10' | If the breast-bone on the right is swollen and he is stricken: attack of the enemy. |
| 15' | If the breast-bone stands there, he will become frightened and he will die... |
| 13' | If the breast-bone stands, he will become frightened, and he will devastate the troops of the enemy. |
| 6' | If the breast-bone is thick in its middle: the king's son will make a rebellion against his father. |
| 2' | ... prince, flood... |
| 5' | If the breast-bone has a tail: the prince will not acquire a rival. |
| 8' | If the breast-bone is thick in its 'finger': attack of a haruspex. |
| 12' | If the breast-bone on the right is swollen and he is stricken: my troops will become frightened. |
| 11' | If the breast-bone stands there, he will become frightened and he will become frightened. |
| 4' | ... the breast-bone is thick(?), he (= the king) will say to ditto |
| 9' | "If the breast-bone is thick" means "it is thick" means "it is thick" |
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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