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BM 038991 (P557647)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038991 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557647 |
| Museum no. | BM 038991 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 5' | The throne he entrusted to his lord Marduk |
| reverse 7' | 3 U, under the command of Lugal-Erra and Meslamtaea |
| obverse 4' | ... their |
| obverse 7' | The good throne with the utensils of Marduk |
| obverse 8' | On the throne of the land, the proverb of Itar(?) |
| obverse 13' | ......... |
| reverse 6' | 3 UUBLIL2 for Itar |
| obverse 12' | The star of Itar is a sakitu-prayer to his life. The star of Itar |
| reverse 5' | 5 U-barges of the Igigi and 600 barges of the Anunnaki |
| reverse 8' | 12 (pieces of) carnelian, ditto |
| obverse 6' | The throne of the god Marduk determines (it). |
| obverse 11' | that Apsu, shepherd of the Apsu and Marduk |
| obverse 10' | (If) a star rises, behind it a star is Zababa |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 9' | 'The evil-doer's snare, the weapon of Ura |
| reverse 3' | 55 breccia(s), regular offering of Marduk |
| obverse 3' | ...... :... |
| reverse 4' | 3 canals, 8 cult centers, 24 streets of Babylon |
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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