BM 036966 (P557499)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 036966 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557499 |
| Museum no. | BM 036966 |
| 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 imposed upon him and the hands of the enemy's land, the king of Elam |
| obverse? 3' | ... in Duuzu |
| obverse? 5' | ... in Pabilsag |
| reverse? 8' | ... emerges... and he seizes the throne. |
| reverse? 2' | ... does not(?) release (means): he does not release (me). |
| obverse? 1' | ... the Furrow : in the Star |
| reverse? 5' | ... and... the throne will seize |
| reverse? 3' | ... the god Ikn entrusted him to him and their... people. |
| reverse? 1' | ...... |
| obverse? 7' | ...... |
| reverse? 7' | ...... and |
| reverse? 6' | ... his seed... Enlil with a strong weapon |
| obverse? 2' | ... ama |
| obverse? 6' | ... and |
| obverse? 4' | ... the door(?) |
| reverse? 9' | ... the gods seized... the land of the lord |
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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