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BM 038851 (P557626)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038851 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557626 |
| Museum no. | BM 038851 |
| 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 4' | ... ulpa'e stands with the moon. |
| obverse 1 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen: evil of Elam will take place. |
| obverse 6 | In the day, on the 20th day it is seen. |
| reverse 1' | ... its light is not present. If it is favourable... |
| reverse 6' | ... stands inside... |
| obverse 3 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen on the 14th day like the 28th day: evil of the Westland will not take place. |
| reverse 2' | (If) there is a mole on the left side, he will die, he will die, he will die, he will die. |
| obverse 5 | The king came out and their men who were not guilty of any of their acts... |
| obverse 2 | ... constantly appears in front of the land. |
| obverse 7 | If the Moon, on the 30th day, is not seen: the enemy will turn to Akkad; and he will not live. |
| obverse 4 | If the Moon at its appearance is seen like the nth day (or) the nth day: evil will be established in the land. |
| reverse 5' | If the moon at its appearance stands in front of it: the land will become a frightened person. |
| reverse 3' | ... will take place in the land. |
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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