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BM 038969 (P557636)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557636 |
| Museum no. | BM 038969 |
| 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 col 2' 17' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 12' | x-iqqu and half |
| obverse col 1' 14' | ... daily |
| obverse col 1' 10' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 10' | ... exalted |
| obverse col 1' 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 2' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 8' | who marched before(?) Igidu |
| obverse col 1' 7' | ...-simu(?)... |
| obverse col 1' 9' | ominous(?) and young |
| obverse col 1' 3' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 4' | ... heavy... |
| reverse col 2' 14' | ... shepherd |
| obverse col 1' 18' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 11' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 12' | ... they have given |
| reverse col 2' 6' | ...... dates |
| reverse col 2' 13' | Iqqnu... the well |
| reverse col 2' 15' | ... anau |
| obverse col 1' 16' | ......... |
| obverse col 1' 13' | ......... |
| reverse col 2' 11' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 8' | ...-nidu, |
| obverse col 1' 15' | ... rations |
| reverse col 2' 4' | .........; |
| obverse col 1' 5' | ......... |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ... Ayaku |
| obverse col 1' 6' | ....... |
| reverse col 2' 5' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 9' | ... of the land(?) |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... lahu |
| obverse col 1' 17' | ... suckling |
| reverse col 2' 7' | ... high... |
| reverse col 2' 16' | ..... |
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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