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BM 038741 (P557620)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038741 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557620 |
| Museum no. | BM 038741 |
| 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? 3' | ... before(?) |
| reverse 9' | ... Mercury(?) |
| reverse 3' | ... upon... |
| reverse 7' | ............ |
| obverse? 6' | ...... ditto ditto...... |
| obverse? 2' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ...... : |
| reverse 6' | ... its... a star stands... |
| obverse? 8' | ... his(?) |
| reverse 5' | ......... |
| obverse? 5' | ... before... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse? 4' | ......... |
| obverse? 9' | ... light(?) |
| reverse 11' | ... his |
| reverse 4' | ...... and...... |
| reverse 12' | ... an eclipse |
| obverse? 7' | ...... : on... Jupiter becomes visible and... |
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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