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BM 038449 (P557608)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038449 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557608 |
| Museum no. | BM 038449 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 21' | ......... |
| reverse 6' | ......... |
| reverse 8' | ...... the people |
| obverse? 16' | (As for) the property of the land, destroyer of the weapon of the river, destroyer of the mountain, destroyer of the weapon of Anu, |
| reverse 17' | ...,...,...,..., |
| obverse? 6' | ... blood?... |
| reverse 15' | ... lady(?)... beloved(?) |
| obverse? 18' | I am the one who brings the battle and battle with me in the rebel land |
| reverse 13' | ......... |
| reverse 19' | ......... |
| obverse? 13' | ... the task(?) of the holy place, the numerous cosmic powers... |
| obverse? 17' | (As for) the property of the mountain, he created (it) for the prince, whose horns and horns(?) are the seven(?) of my seven-wheeled princes |
| reverse 4' | ......... |
| reverse 7' | ... An(?)... the lord/en priest(ess)/en priest(ess)/enterer(?) |
| obverse? 19' | ... who created my humanity. |
| reverse 3' | ......... |
| obverse? 4' | ...,...,..., |
| reverse 14' | ... he made pleasing in good health. |
| obverse? 1' | ... : UR-ME... |
| obverse? 8' | ... his uzzi(?), his hand(?)... |
| obverse? 2' | ... great(?) |
| obverse? 14' | .................................... |
| obverse? 15' | Like a weapon (and) a umgal creature, I have had my agasilig weapon |
| reverse 16' | ... reed tablets(?) |
| reverse 12' | ... the troops(?) |
| obverse? 5' | ... the great fearsomeness and awe-inspiring brilliance of the god Sîn |
| obverse? 20' | ... he stands, the black-headed(?) |
| obverse? 9' | stand at the border of his life |
| obverse? 7' | ... his furious..., a person(?) |
| reverse 5' | ... supreme(?)... |
| reverse 11' | ... to... |
| obverse? 12' | ...... not seen |
| reverse 18' | ... the city(?) of the year(?) |
| reverse 9' | ... living in...,...,..., year(?) |
| obverse? 11' | ..., king of the four quarters(?) |
| reverse 10' | ... great... |
| reverse 1' | ... and(?) |
| obverse? 10' | ... may he be seized(?) by the great sea(?) |
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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