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BM 036602 (P557466)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036602 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557466 |
| Museum no. | BM 036602 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8 | ... the king will die. |
| obverse 10' | ... thundered, the river level... Adad roared 4 times, 5 times, 6 and 7 times |
| reverse 2 | ... birds... Adad roars like |
| reverse 3 | ... the king, his father, will kill him. |
| obverse 11' | ... his... thundered and did not rain, the land will experience famine |
| obverse 2' | ... of... |
| reverse 7 | ..... |
| obverse 7' | ... went out and the fog which was like a sagkullû-demon overwhelmed and the land... troops |
| reverse 12 | ...... |
| obverse 5' | .... of a hostile woman, |
| obverse 4' | .............................. a hostile woman |
| obverse 14' | ... in a black storm... there will be... |
| obverse 15' | ... Adad |
| obverse 13' | ... the king... his... |
| reverse 4 | ...... |
| obverse 16' | ......... |
| obverse 9' | ... there will be no rejoicing in the land |
| reverse 1 | ... Adad, fish(?)...... Adad |
| obverse 3' | ...... will fall. |
| reverse 9 | ......... |
| obverse 6' | ... the lightning which... like a snare... the king will die and the king will enter the land. |
| reverse 5 | ........ |
| reverse 6 | ..... |
| obverse 12' | ... from the day... to the day 30 it thundered and... did not approach(?) |
| obverse 8' | ... he smote the chariot(?) |
| obverse 1' | ... the cities(?) |
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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