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BM 039143 (P557661)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 039143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557661 |
| Museum no. | BM 039143 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| left 3 | ... Adad to |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| obverse? 3 | ... the lands |
| obverse? 6 | donated (by) |
| top 3 | (If) a man's tooth : in the gate |
| top 4 | in the midst of ama |
| top 1 | UBti of the boats : |
| obverse? 4 | Because of(?) |
| reverse 3' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ... not(?) |
| obverse? 1 | Adad |
| left 2 | ... shepherd : wall |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 8' | ... black/black...... |
| left 1 | of ama in |
| obverse? 5 | (Saying) “It is a liar, it is a liar, it is a liar |
| top 2 | The people(?)... a... ox |
| reverse 5' | The Field in the gate(?) |
| reverse 9' | ... Mercury(?) |
| obverse? 2 | ... the unna... |
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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