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BM 036685 + BM 036876 (P557471)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036685 + BM 036876 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557471 |
| Museum no. | BM 036685 + BM 036876 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 2' | ... 1 times 30 |
| col 3 7' | entered the Old Man, entered the Old Man |
| col 1 1' | ...... plant |
| col 2 11' | ... 12 12 pad(?) ditto |
| col 1 11' | ... his destruction... |
| col 2 12' | ... times 30: 6 |
| col 1 5' | ... to Edu, which is in its..., 2 cubits is not reached |
| col 1 4' | ...... against the 2 of the bow, 1 1/2 cubits I did not reach... |
| col 2 6' | ... he will see you and will see you. |
| col 3 8' | the Twins, the Twins, |
| col 3 4' | (If) the Bristle reaches the King's Star |
| col 1 8' | ... above you: the Scales, the Westland, 2 cubits and the west, 3 cubits |
| col 3 3' | the Bristle... above the chest of the star... |
| col 1 10' | ... x cubits, its bent 1 cubit... |
| col 2 4' | ... will die. |
| col 2 9' | ... years... will come. |
| col 2 5' | ...... to not be afraid of him. |
| col 1 3' | ... a star on the King's King |
| col 3 5' | entered the...-star, entered the Crab |
| col 3 12' | The Field, the reeds, the King |
| col 1 9' | ... the... of Scorpius 5? cubits, its tail 4? cubits |
| col 3 10' | (If) the Lion is below the Lion |
| col 2 10' | ... 2 times 30 |
| col 1 2' | ...... plant |
| col 3 11' | high: the... star is below the Field |
| col 3 9' | the Cancri, below the Capricorn |
| col 2 3' | ... of |
| col 3 13' | on account of the star... |
| col 2 1' | ... 5... |
| col 1 7' | ... over? them... which... 2? cubits... |
| col 3 2' | The... star to the... star |
| col 2 8' | ...... The 12th, moonrise to sunrise: 12°. |
| col 3 6' | (If) he goes out to the ox: he will come out. |
| col 2 7' | ...... 2 times 30 |
| col 3 14' | 5 cubits... Tauri |
| col 1 6' | ... over you, the feet of the Lion... 2 cubits, its suckling |
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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