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BM 038950 (P557631)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038950 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557631 |
| Museum no. | BM 038950 |
| 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 1' | ... the mountain(?) |
| reverse 5' | (If) a star roars(?) from sunrise to sunset |
| obverse? 3' | ... not... |
| reverse 11' | ... barley and sesame... |
| reverse 3' | ... the harvest of the land will diminish... |
| reverse 9' | ... before the king the days(?)... |
| obverse? 12' | If the stars of the night swell, an eclipse (of the moon) will not change |
| obverse? 2' | ......... |
| reverse 10' | ... 5/6th day in Akkad... |
| obverse? 7' | If the stars stand in front of them: barley,....... |
| obverse? 9' | If the stars become dark: the gods of the land ditto....... |
| obverse? 4' | ......... |
| reverse 2' | ... which he smote, which emerges from the middle of the city and eats (it) in the land. |
| obverse? 10' | If the star(s) of the night are in opposition(?), he will not change (his) mind |
| reverse 8' | ... star... to(?) the land(?) |
| reverse 6' | ... our troops?... |
| reverse 7' | ... and(?)...... |
| obverse? 8' | If the stars become confused: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse? 5' | ...... |
| reverse 12' | ... to a woman(?) |
| obverse? 13' | If the stars of the night become dark: the mighty king....... |
| obverse? 6' | If stars are seized, the land will be seized.... |
| obverse? 11' | If the stars of the night are dark: the gods will... anger. |
| reverse 4' | If a star... a flood(?) from east to east |
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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