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BM 038393 (P557604)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557604 |
| Museum no. | BM 038393 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4 | ... to the day |
| reverse 15' | ... the Lion(?) |
| obverse 15 | ...... 3 days... |
| obverse 11 | ...... days, DIRI.RI.RI.RI.DI.RI.DI.RI.DI.RI.DI.RI.DI.RI.RI.RI.RI.RI.RI. |
| obverse 12 | ............... and the sun |
| obverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 5' | ... the Bull of Heaven |
| reverse 16' | ... and Anunitu |
| obverse 1 | ... as much as the moon... |
| obverse 2 | ... for the day |
| obverse 3 | ... city, as many as there are, |
| reverse 7' | ... and the Stag |
| reverse 9' | ... the King |
| obverse 10 | ... and he will recover. |
| reverse 10' | ... the Furrow |
| reverse 11' | ... of the Scorpion |
| obverse 16 | ...... 3 days... |
| reverse 8' | ... the Lion |
| obverse 5 | ... as many as |
| reverse 13' | ...... Pabilsag |
| reverse 6' | ... and the Great Twins |
| obverse 9 | ... city and... city. |
| obverse 17 | ... 40/50... |
| obverse 6 | ...... of the 20th |
| reverse 14' | ... and the Arrow |
| obverse 7 | ...... is separated. |
| reverse 12' | ... the Scorpion |
| obverse 13 | ...... days... |
| obverse 14 | ......... |
| reverse 4' | ... star |
| reverse 3' | ... house |
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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