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BM 040436 (P557782)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557782 |
| Museum no. | BM 040436 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 5' | shade, good reed, bright day |
| col 2 2' | from the pure mountain of fate |
| col 2 6' | ... reeds |
| col 1 2' | The king, my lord, should know this |
| col 2 1' | who the incantation of the great cedar from the great mountain |
| col 2 4' | the lament of the field surpassing |
| col 2 9' | Incantation: 'It is good, it is good!' |
| col 2 7' | The mouth of a man is sweet, he is sweet |
| col 2 8' | may the evil tongue stand outside. |
| col 2 3' | from the land of aurra to heaven |
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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