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BM 038473 (P557610)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557610 |
| Museum no. | BM 038473 |
| 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 8 | (If) Ayyaru enters into it: city, king, and his people will conquer. |
| obverse 9 | If the Moon, at its appearance, stands in its top: in that year. |
| reverse 12 | If the Scorpion stands in its midst: a man will go straight and irrigate. |
| reverse 15 | If the Scorpion stands in its right horn: in that year locusts will attack and the harvest of the land will be killed. |
| reverse 16 | If the Scorpion stands in its left horn: in that year there will be rumors. |
| obverse 7' | If a star stands in front of it: the land will be divided. |
| reverse 11 | If the Scorpion is like a lunar halo: lions and wolves will be killed. |
| reverse 10 | ... the kings of the land will build their settlements... |
| reverse 8 | ... the lions(?) will be seen |
| obverse 10 | The king of the land will be reconciled with the land. |
| reverse 4 | If the Arrow stands on its right horn: the king of Elam will kill him. |
| reverse 14 | sesame, date palm(?) |
| obverse 11' | If a herdsman stands inside it: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 6' | If a star stands in its left horn: death in Akkad. |
| obverse 3' | If the Pleiades stand in its horns: deaths will occur. |
| reverse 1 | If the Moon at its appearance a ukudû-star stands inside it: the kings of the land will make a rebellion. |
| reverse 13 | If the Scorpion stands in its midst: in that year hunger. |
| obverse 2' | If the Pleiades stand inside it: deaths will occur and the Pleiades will devour the land. |
| reverse 5 | If the Arrow stands in its left horn: the king of Akkad will make peace with the land of Amurru. |
| reverse 9 | ...... and |
| obverse 4' | (If) ditto: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 3 | If the ukudu-star stands in its 'increment': the lands will be destroyed. |
| reverse 6 | If the Arrow reaches its horns: the city whose wall is strong, its lord will devastate it. |
| reverse 17 | If the Scorpion stands in front of it: the land will become confused. |
| reverse 7 | ... stands...: he will conquer the land. |
| obverse 5' | If a star stands on its right horn: deaths will occur in the land of Amurru. |
| reverse 2 | If the Yoke Constellation stands inside its horns: the kings of the land will make a hostile woman... |
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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