BM 038683 (P557618)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038683 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557618 |
| Museum no. | BM 038683 |
| 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 9' | his... eats, hand of Adad(?) |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 2' | ...... the star(?) |
| obverse 3' | ...... of |
| reverse 5' | The Human, the Field, ulpae |
| reverse 11' | his, his eats(?), hand of Damkiana |
| reverse 10' | ... eats him, hand of Ea |
| obverse 6' | ... SAG.D.D. |
| obverse 10' | ...... of the... house |
| reverse 3' | ...... Ulgal, the star |
| obverse 5' | ... the ziggurat of Sin and |
| obverse 4' | ... ditto (with) juniper, juniper, juniper,... |
| obverse 8' | ama-uma-uur, ama-uma-uur, Labbana(?) |
| reverse 4' | ... of the shipyard of Asalluhi |
| obverse 11' | ... Pabilsag |
| reverse 6' | (If) Mars... in the head(?) |
| reverse 8' | ... Iltanasi. Hand of Anu. |
| obverse 12' | ..., Tiglath-pileser |
| obverse 7' | The Scorpion, the Mad Dog, the Mad Dog, the Mad Dog, the Mad Dog. |
| reverse 7' | ... Dilbad |
| reverse 2' | ...,..., |
| obverse 9' | The Scorpion, Ihara, the 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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