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BM 040108 (P557758)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557758 |
| Museum no. | BM 040108 |
| 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? 2' | ...... |
| reverse 12 | In... before... |
| obverse? 14' | If on an ox, the Pleiades in the middle of the sky watch.... |
| obverse? 7' | ... either 2 or 3 |
| reverse 7 | (gloss: new break) |
| obverse? 16' | in the area of the 'finger' of the lung... |
| obverse? 12' | If in the field of the Pabilsag, Jupiter |
| obverse? 18' | ... |
| obverse? 10' | Leonis stands... |
| obverse? 6' | In their..., in the evening watch... |
| reverse 11 | ... foundation(?) |
| obverse? 17' | ... these places are seen....... |
| obverse? 13' | If in the... of the Furrow, Dilbad and the head |
| obverse? 9' | If Mercury and Ea are seen in front of the feet of the star |
| obverse? 4' | They(?)... Jupiter(?) |
| obverse? 11' | If in the west in the middle of the Cancri, Mercury....... |
| reverse 1 | ......... |
| reverse 9 | (If) it is good: he will die |
| obverse? 8' | ... the hands of... |
| reverse 3 | ... there will be |
| obverse? 5' | Ningal, great(?) one(?) |
| obverse? 3' | Dilba |
| reverse 2 | ... enemy |
| obverse? 1' | ... the feet(?) |
| reverse 10 | in Cancer... |
| reverse 8 | shepherd?... |
| reverse 5 | ... good clay |
| reverse 4 | in? the Pleiades... |
| obverse? 15' | ...... |
| reverse 6 | In Ayyaru(?) |
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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