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BM 040398 (P557778)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040398 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557778 |
| Museum no. | BM 040398 |
| 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 5' | ... enemy enemy enemy enemy enemy enemy |
| obverse 6' | ... the land |
| reverse 11' | If.... |
| obverse 1' | Ningal(?) |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | If... is darkened |
| reverse 5' | If... is darkened |
| reverse 7' | enemy attack, attack of weapon(?) |
| reverse 9' | If Itar... in the lap of |
| reverse 3' | If NI in |
| reverse 6' | If Jupiter. |
| obverse 3' | Venus to |
| reverse 10' | If... in |
| obverse 8' | The land/mountain is a mountain |
| reverse 2' | If Itar in |
| obverse 7' | (If) the earth... a hostile land |
| obverse 2' | ..., |
| reverse 8' | If Itar or |
| obverse 4' | NI and Mercury |
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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