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BM 038199 (P557595)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557595 |
| Museum no. | BM 038199 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 2' | Month(?) (of) the year(?) |
| reverse col 4 2' | Tablet of Muezib-Marduk |
| obverse col 2 5' | From |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... is located: the Scorpion is located in the sky. |
| obverse col 1 7' | .......... |
| obverse col 1 11' | (If) in..., 14th day (of) Ayyaru, or in Du'uzu, 14th day (of)... |
| obverse col 1 12' | (In) Arasamna (Month VIII), day 14, |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... |
| obverse col 2 4' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 5' | ...... The 30th, an eclipse in... |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... Hand of Saturn and Mercury... |
| reverse col 4 4' | son of uaya |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... lunar eclipse,... horn... |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... its head is Amurru. The 3rd, the lower side |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... on the 2nd day 7 days................ |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... arms(?) |
| obverse col 1 13' | ......... of the Old Man to the day(?) |
| obverse col 2 6' | An(?) |
| reverse col 3 3' | On the... side |
| obverse col 1 15' | ...... the eclipse... |
| reverse col 3 6' | Iqat-... |
| obverse col 1 6' | ..., the length..., the width..., |
| reverse col 3 4' | ... U/ibi |
| reverse col 3 5' | Month... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... Urau |
| reverse col 3 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 3' | son of Marduk-muallim |
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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