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BM 039318 (P557687)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 039318 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557687 |
| Museum no. | BM 039318 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2' 1' | ... Shamash |
| reverse col 1' 2' | If the sun...... |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | If the sun....... |
| obverse col 2' 4' | On the fourteenth day |
| obverse col 2' 3' | ... on the 13th day... |
| reverse col 2' 5' | ... the omens(?) |
| reverse col 1' 4' | ...... |
| obverse col 2' 5' | ... ewes |
| obverse col 2' 2' | ... ama |
| reverse col 2' 4' | ... there is... in the land |
| obverse col 2' 7' | ... before... |
| reverse col 1' 5' | king of... |
| obverse col 2' 8' | ... the 12th day |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ... |
| reverse col 2' 7' | ... they have heard. |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ... Agade |
| obverse col 2' 6' | (If) an eclipse (at the end of) the 13th day |
| reverse col 2' 6' | ... Abnu |
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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