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BM 035997 (P557367)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 035997 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557367 |
| Museum no. | BM 035997 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
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) |
|---|---|
| 13' | ... and the left surface of the 'finger' were smashed... |
| 4' | ...... in its beginning, in its middle, in its base one-twelfth |
| 5' | (a kind of profession) |
| 9' | ... in its foundation(?), in its beginning(?), it surrounded Itar in the middle of the middle to the land |
| 8' | ... ditto, you sweep the left of the 'finger' and strew it for the prince. |
| 11' | You recite the incantation 'The enemy will devastate me' |
| 6' | ... on the right ditto (and) 2 (times) are provided with the sanctuaries. |
| 7' | ...... the right surface of the 'finger' is split. The prince's troops will die. |
| 2' | ......... |
| 10' | ... and the left of the gall bladder and their head are 1 in number. |
| 3' | ... foundation(?)... |
| 12' | ... and the left... and in their middle one ewes performed. |
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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