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BM 038988 (P557646)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038988 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557646 |
| Museum no. | BM 038988 |
| 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 7' | The ug bird of the herald of the gods has sat on my right side |
| obverse 13' | I am Asalluhi, the holy gazelle, the first-born son of Enki, the messenger |
| obverse 2' | ... of a man... you are.... |
| obverse 10' | I am the one who carries out the rites of the rites of Eridu. |
| reverse 14' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | May you be the one who destroys the ala and salubu-demon of a man |
| obverse 5' | May you be the one who has no fear of the evil ala and giuna demon |
| reverse 4' | ... his ritual... to my mouth... |
| reverse 2' | I am the one who dwells in heaven, I go to heaven. |
| reverse 3' | ... the great... Ea made me rejoice |
| obverse 9' | I am the guarantor of the temple and chief temple administrator of the holy divine powers of Eridu |
| obverse 11' | I am the messenger of Enki |
| reverse 10' | .......................................................... in your presence, may my evil deeds bless you. |
| reverse 8' | ... is guarded, he is merciful, I am assiduous towards me. |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 12' | You are the one who slanders the samtu-demon(?), who slanders you |
| reverse 9' | As for the surdu bird, the one who roars on behalf of your evil city, he made it stand in your arms. |
| obverse 7' | May you be the one who makes the city flourish, the one who makes the city flourish, |
| obverse 15' | I am the ka-tuga priest(ess) of Eridu, the namub priest(ess) of the scribal art |
| obverse 8' | ... who likes a............................ |
| reverse 5' | The seven divine powers of my hand he made surpassing |
| obverse 1' | May you be the one who smites the evil ala and sadulgi drums of a man |
| reverse 11' | he sat on his neck in good health. |
| obverse 14' | of Marduk, the exorcist, the first-born son of Ea, I am the one who does his work. |
| reverse 6' | My utterances, the utterances of their pure supplications, I filled into my hands. |
| obverse 12' | I am the one who does the work that is before Ea. |
| obverse 6' | Ditto, he who is like a woman, should know this. |
| obverse 4' | If ditto that of a man is swollen like a lullaby, you will die. |
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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