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BM 040254 (P557768)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040254 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557768 |
| Museum no. | BM 040254 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 5' | GIB. Night of the 24th, overcast, 2 5?... |
| reverse 7' | The 18th, 19th, (and) 20th,... |
| obverse 3' | ... from... to... cubits... the river level... |
| reverse 9' | Month I, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), |
| reverse 3' | overcast, rain DUL. The 20th,... |
| reverse 10' | very overcast... |
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | The 20th, a little gusty wind. |
| reverse 8' | Great(?) harvest... 20 2... |
| obverse 7' | ...... the river level receded |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 6' | ... rain. The 29th, overcast; in the east, |
| reverse 2' | black and dark, last part of the night, lightning flashed, rain... |
| obverse 4' | ... 8 and... |
| obverse 5' | ... in the morning(?)... the land is enraged |
| obverse 2' | ... 23rd |
| obverse 8' | ......, ditto, rain, he will recover. |
| obverse 9' | ....... |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | Month III, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 30°;... |
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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