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BM 038363 (P557601)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038363 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557601 |
| Museum no. | BM 038363 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1? 1' | ... is favourable |
| col 1? 4' | ... they brought about the defeat in the land. |
| col 1? 3' | ... will become good. |
| col 1? 14' | ... rains and floods |
| col 2 2' | ... |
| col 1? 6' | ... is present |
| col 1? 8' | ... is present |
| col 2 6' | If the Field... |
| col 2 1' | If Mullissu... |
| col 1? 9' | The... of Kislimu is overcast, and in Nisannu (I) there will be famine. |
| col 1? 11' | ....... you set up(?)... |
| col 2 15' | ... and..... |
| col 1? 12' | ... of the mountain(?) |
| col 2 3' | If a sow... |
| col 2 4' | If a sow... |
| col 1? 10' | ... strong(?) king |
| col 1? 15' | ...... |
| col 1? 2' | ... will be reconciled. |
| col 1? 7' | ... on the second day he will go and Itar will pass by her. |
| col 2 11' | If the Kidney Star |
| col 2 12' | If the Kidney Star |
| col 2 8' | If the Kidney Star |
| col 2 9' | If the Kidney Star |
| col 2 7' | The king....... |
| col 1? 13' | ... are dead |
| col 2 5' | ...... |
| col 2 14' | If the Kidney Star on the 14th day.... |
| col 2 13' | Urim(?) |
| col 2 10' | ditto king...... |
| col 1? 5' | ...... on the day of the second day he will go and he will recover. |
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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