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BM 036353 (P557457)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036353 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557457 |
| Museum no. | BM 036353 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 3? 9' | In the field |
| col 3? 5' | In the reed basket |
| col 1? 9' | ... is seen and |
| col 1? 13' | ... Mercury(?) |
| col 1? 2' | ...... |
| col 4? 11' | ... emerges(?) |
| col 1? 11' | ... Dilbat(?) |
| col 1? 10' | ... evil in |
| col 1? 8' | ... his |
| col 1? 14' | ... grass/flower(?) |
| col 3? 1' | ...... |
| col 2? 15' | If a halo...... |
| col 1? 7' | ...... |
| col 2? 14' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo |
| col 1? 3' | ... and the flood(?) |
| col 2? 10' | Enna and... |
| col 2? 16' | ... halo(?) |
| col 4? 7' | ... before you |
| col 1? 4' | ... a star stands there and |
| col 4? 5' | ...... filled with water |
| col 2? 9' | If... with the hireling |
| col 4? 8' | ... in the head(?) of the hand(?) |
| col 4? 4' | ... in his place... |
| col 3? 8' | In |
| col 2? 6' | and the necks of female kids |
| col 3? 3' | In |
| col 2? 7' | The ildag tree... decision |
| col 1? 15' | ... of Mercury |
| col 3? 2' | In |
| col 4? 6' | ... Uraru and Elam |
| col 1? 6' | ... in the mouth(?) |
| col 3? 6' | In |
| col 3? 7' | In |
| col 2? 11' | The decision of the wife |
| col 4? 1' | ... fish |
| col 3? 4' | In the reed basket |
| col 2? 4' | field, irrigated; |
| col 3? 11' | An(?) |
| col 4? 9' | ... grass(?) |
| col 1? 5' | ... supreme and supreme |
| col 4? 2' | ...... and a star towards the star |
| col 2? 5' | rain and flood, decision... |
| col 4? 3' | ...... the dwelling |
| col 2? 3' | ZI of locusts |
| col 3? 10' | With him |
| col 1? 12' | ...... the sun rises and the flood. |
| col 2? 8' | decision concerning Uruk and |
| col 2? 2' | ... with the Crook(?) |
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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