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BM 039159 (P557668)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 039159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557668 |
| Museum no. | BM 039159 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 11 | ...... |
| 6 | ...... went out in evil and the great star stood(?) |
| 4 | ... greatly(?) the land |
| 7 | ... the hand of Mars |
| 5 | ... A3.SU3 (means) : awe-inspiring radiance. |
| 1 | ... that star: an eclipse...... |
| 10 | ...... |
| 3 | ... king(?) of his land DIM4.MA means : he will die. |
| 8 | ... Jupiter |
| 9 | ...... land of barley... |
| 2 | ...... is sick and his land 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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