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BM 038286 (P557598)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038286 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557598 |
| Museum no. | BM 038286 |
| 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 13' | If in the middle of the city... salt.... |
| obverse? 2' | If in Ululu (Month VI)... 3 times.... |
| obverse? 5' | If in Kislev (IX) in the west ditto: the river will die....... |
| obverse? 14' | If the sun becomes bright and a star... |
| obverse? 19' | If... 20.... |
| reverse 7' | If there is a mole on the right side of the thigh,.... |
| reverse 10' | If in the middle of the city....... |
| obverse? 6' | If in ebtu (Month X), in the west ditto: a man will give birth to a man. |
| obverse? 4' | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), ditto....... |
| reverse 2' | If the earth quakes: he will die. That place will be abandoned by her gods. |
| obverse? 7' | (If) in abau (Month XI) in the west ditto: the river level in the river will... rain. |
| reverse 6' | If a urinnu-mark has been placed in front of it,....... |
| obverse? 1' | If in Tammuz (IV) in the west ditto.... |
| reverse 17' | If a man, in a house...... |
| reverse 16' | If a pig is finished, a fire will take place. |
| reverse 9' | If he sees a broken sign and he sees a palace |
| obverse? 8' | (If) there are good signs in the land and a man... |
| reverse 5' | The stars of heaven and earth(?) |
| reverse 3' | If the earth quakes in the ground:.... |
| obverse? 18' | If the sun.... |
| reverse 1' | If he is ill with the land: he will recover. That land will prosper. |
| reverse 14' | If a fire stands in a god's temple:....... |
| obverse? 11' | If the Moon at its appearance... a star rises in its entirety:.... |
| obverse? 16' | If the sun... in the year.... |
| obverse? 3 | If in Taritu (Month VII), ditto... |
| obverse? 12' | If the sun is very bright and there is a dark day: there will be frost.... |
| reverse 8' | If there is a mole on the site of a dead man's field, which is very visible: that field will be abandoned and he will not recover. |
| reverse 12' | If a bird is seen in the middle of a city |
| obverse? 9' | If in Addaru (XII) ditto: rain; in Mars the river will be flooded; troops....... |
| reverse 4' | If the stars of heaven... |
| reverse 11' | If in the middle of the city a fish....... |
| obverse? 13' | If the sun is very red and....... |
| reverse 15' | If a fire flashes from the sky and... anything... |
| obverse? 10' | (and) the people will redeem their shares for silver. |
| obverse? 17' | If the sun....... |
| obverse? 15' | ... in the east(?) |
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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