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BM 040170 (P557763)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557763 |
| Museum no. | BM 040170 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 2' 9' | (If) in abau (Month XI) ditto is dark and he goes. |
| reverse col 2' 7' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: he will die. |
| obverse col 1' 3' | If in Abu (Month V) ditto: death in a man's house. |
| reverse col 2' 21' | If in abau (Month XI).... |
| obverse col 1' 11' | If in Nisannu (Month I) it enters his house: he will not become happy. |
| reverse col 2' 14' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto: its foundations will not be firm. |
| obverse col 1' 8' | If in ebtu (Month X) a man's bed dies: the man's house will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 2' 5' | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto, ditto. |
| obverse col 1' 20' | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto a bed is located on a man's house. |
| obverse col 1' 2' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto: its foundations will not be firm. |
| obverse col 1' 5' | If in Taritu (Month VII)... he is satisfied with his heart: the god and lamassu will have mercy. |
| reverse col 2' 18' | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto: he will not become satisfied. |
| obverse col 1' 21' | If in abau (Month XI) and ditto: that man will become happy. |
| obverse col 1' 17' | If in Tishri (VII) ditto (a god and a lamassu are born) |
| reverse col 2' 17' | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto (a god) and a lamassu(?) are present |
| reverse col 2' 2' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) and ditto a man in a man's house |
| obverse col 1' 4' | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto a man's wife is sick |
| obverse col 1' 10' | If in Addaru (Month XII) and the sun is covered in a man's body |
| obverse col 1' 22' | If in Addaru (XII) and ditto (there is) a mole in the body of a man... |
| obverse col 1' 6' | If in Arasamnu (VIII) a woman's heart is not happy |
| obverse col 1' 18' | If in Arasamnu (Month VIII), ditto the owner of the house and the sons of the house are satisfied(?) |
| reverse col 2' 1' | If in Simanu (Month III) ditto: that house will be brought to its owner. |
| reverse col 2' 3' | If in Tebetu (Month IV) ditto a man’s body |
| reverse col 2' 16' | If in Ululu (Month VI)... ditto, he will recover. |
| reverse col 2' 15' | If in Abu (Month V) ditto a man's wife |
| reverse col 2' 6' | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto: he will not become satisfied. |
| reverse col 2' 12' | (If) in Ayyaru (Month II) ditto: he will be killed in the body of a man. |
| obverse col 1' 16' | If in Ululu (and) ditto a man's wife daily overwhelms her wife: |
| obverse col 1' 19' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: its foundations will not be firm. |
| obverse col 1' 9' | If in abau (Month XI) a man(?) stands (there) over his (own) owner. |
| obverse col 1' 14' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto: its foundations will not be firm. |
| reverse col 2' 22' | If in Addaru (XII) ditto... a man |
| obverse col 1' 13' | If in Simanu (Month III) and ditto: that house will be brought to its owner. |
| reverse col 2' 13' | If in Simanu (Month III) ditto: good health. |
| reverse col 2' 11' | (If) in Nisannu (Month I): the... house will become happy. |
| reverse col 2' 10' | In (the month) Addaru (XII) and ditto (he will recover). |
| obverse col 1' 12' | If in Ayyaru (VIII) ditto: good health. |
| obverse col 1' 15' | If in Abu (Month V) ditto a man's wife is sick |
| obverse col 1' 1' | If in Simanu (Month III) ditto: evil. |
| obverse col 1' 7' | If in Kislimu (Month IX): its foundations will not be stable. |
| reverse col 2' 4' | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto a man's wife daily overwhelms her wife: |
| reverse col 2' 8' | (If) in Tebetu (X) ditto: he will not become satisfied. |
| reverse col 2' 20' | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto the bed is dead: in the house of a man. |
| reverse col 2' 19' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: its foundations will not be firm. |
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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