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BM 038840 (P557625)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038840 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557625 |
| Museum no. | BM 038840 |
| 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 20' | If ditto a planet becomes visible in Ab (V): the enemy will harvest. |
| reverse 6' | If a mongoose is white in its middle : black.... |
| obverse 6' | ... and a lightning flashes towards a lightning flashes: Adad will rage in the middle of an eclipse. |
| reverse 15' | ...... that day......... |
| obverse 9' | ... he sees a snake in the hands of Adad. |
| reverse 9' | If ditto and it is black:....... |
| obverse 3' | ...... and the lightning flashed. |
| reverse 10' | If ditto (it is favourable): defeat of the land Elam.... |
| reverse 12' | If ditto: he will make the crown of lordship manifest; Adad will make his rains disappear from the land. |
| obverse 12' | ... its lightning flashes: the harvest of the land will prosper; that land will eat bread; |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 10' | ... its horns rose, the tail of Mercury and the king will attack his enemy's land. |
| reverse 14' | ... : he will become weak; in the heavens.... |
| reverse 3' | ... there will be... after that, rain... |
| reverse 4' | If a solar disk (is located) on the day and on the day: |
| obverse 16' | If ditto and there is a raging radiance: the lion.... |
| obverse 17' | If ditto and a lightning flashes: the field will be destroyed. |
| obverse 14' | ... did not... his enemies, did not... : did not... |
| obverse 19' | If a rainbow becomes visible in the month of Nisannu (I): rain. |
| reverse 7' | If a rainbow is surrounded by a ghost: Adad... |
| reverse 5' | If ditto and black.......... |
| reverse 16' | ..... for the destruction of lightning... |
| reverse 13' | ..................... |
| reverse 8' | ... her... was dark, her eyes were yellow and black... |
| reverse 11' | If ditto he is red and black: he will recover. |
| obverse 5' | ...... lightning flashed. |
| obverse 11' | ... his weapons cannot be changed, enemy... |
| reverse 2' | ... (in) the month of uldubbê, the upper part to the east |
| obverse 8' | ... he smashed a horn and he screamed: "Adad will devastate." |
| obverse 18' | .... he will strew a field.... |
| obverse 4' | ... fall and lightning flashes. |
| reverse 1' | If ditto in Silliltu (Month I), it is upper, to the east and the west. |
| obverse 7' | ... lightning flashed, and its thunder thundered: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 15' | (If) the day is dark and lightning flashes: the sagru-demon will be released. |
| obverse 13' | '... his...s are unceasing, |
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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