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BM 036938 (P557494)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036938 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557494 |
| Museum no. | BM 036938 |
| 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 4' | ... he will become numerous |
| reverse 7' | ... the Scorpion |
| reverse 8' | ... or... |
| obverse 5' | ... male and female slaves who have seen... |
| obverse 2' | ... and 2 males gave birth |
| reverse 5' | ... seed(?) of a fate |
| obverse 3' | ...... Sin, male and female |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 2' | ...... is located... |
| reverse 3' | ...... is located... |
| obverse 1' | ... the extispicy. |
| reverse 6' | ......, a ghost(?) |
| obverse 4' | ... of Sin: 2 males... |
| obverse 6' | ... wall |
| obverse 7' | ... wall |
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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