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BM 038705 (P557619)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038705 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557619 |
| Museum no. | BM 038705 |
| 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 6' | ... the heavens |
| obverse 6' | In the Eunir temple of Irnina and Damkina |
| reverse 5' | ... they piled up. |
| reverse 15' | ... I piled up. |
| reverse 10' | ... from |
| reverse 11' | Nanaya(?) |
| obverse 20' | speak! I am Nanaya |
| obverse 12' | in Isin in the Egalmah of Gula and Baba speak, I am Nanaya. |
| obverse 9' | In the Ekara uluhhtu I sat, Enzag and Meskilak |
| obverse 11' | ......... I completed the Egalmah. |
| obverse 13' | ... of Ekurreenni I have completed |
| obverse 8' | When they have finished the urallu-flour(?) of the urallu-flour |
| obverse 18' | ... ursag-kalama, Ihara, the lady of battle |
| reverse 13' | ... furious(?) |
| obverse 14' | in Nippur in the Ekur of Enlil |
| reverse 14' | ... Nanaya(?) |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | ... his mouth(?) |
| reverse 7' | May Enlil(?) |
| obverse 5' | The queen of all the cult centers, the queen of all the cult centers, |
| obverse 22' | speak! I am Nanaya |
| obverse 4' | the cult centers of Eridu, queen of Eridu |
| obverse 3' | The u’ana priests of Eridu and u’ana of Kulaba were seated in the hands. |
| obverse 15' | king of Nippur, who is the Igigi |
| obverse 19' | Lady of Ekurnizu, queen of all people, Baba, offspring of Zababa |
| obverse 2' | and the new scepter in her scepter I filled. I, Nanaya |
| obverse 10' | ... of Tilmun speak: I am Nanaya. |
| obverse 21' | In the temple of Enlil, in Ku'ara(?) a great flood(?) |
| reverse 2' | ... I piled up |
| reverse 12' | ...... |
| obverse 16' | they say. I am Nanaya |
| obverse 17' | the eduba'a temple of ursagkalama |
| obverse 7' | the life of Ea will say, I am Nanaya |
| reverse 3' | ... to |
| reverse 4' | ... in the 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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