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BM 036924 (P557490)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036924 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557490 |
| Museum no. | BM 036924 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2 | ...... day 4 grains |
| obverse 2' | ... it is..., it is a grass of 12 grains. |
| obverse 7' | ... 6 first appearances, 3 grains. |
| reverse 5 | ... he is 5 fingers(?) |
| reverse 8 | ... barley |
| reverse 4 | ... 5 barleycorns... |
| obverse 4' | ... Before the day, the barley is present. |
| reverse 6 | ......... |
| obverse 3' | ... When he sees that barley |
| obverse 6' | ... 3? days before 2 barley-corns is present. |
| reverse 7 | ... |
| reverse 1 | x... days 3... |
| obverse 5' | ......... day 2 barley rations |
| reverse 3 | ... first appearance on the day. The 4th, barley is present. |
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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