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BM 037417 (P557563)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 037417 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557563 |
| Museum no. | BM 037417 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| face a 4' | Ur-Zababa, the wine-offerings of Esagil, to the king |
| face b 6' | ...-'e |
| face a 5' | His brewer said: “The king did not change (his) position, he did not change (his) position to Esagil. |
| face b 5' | ... of your |
| face a 1' | Ku-Ba'u has given bread to the fisherman; he has given water; he shall not live; he has caused to die of Esagil. |
| face b 3' | .................. |
| face a 7' | who provides for the E-sagil, |
| face a 6' | Marduk, son of a prince of the Apsu, looked with pleasure upon him and gave him the kingship of the world. |
| face a 3' | to Ku-Ba’u, the king of all the lands, |
| face a 2' | (As for) the great lord, Marduk, he looked with pleasure upon him, saying: “It is indeed the same! |
| face b 4' | ...... and |
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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