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BM 040638 (P557798)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040638 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557798 |
| Museum no. | BM 040638 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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' | ... the land... seized and... the lands |
| reverse 4' | ... a lahanu-vessel... in his hands |
| obverse? 4' | ... the gods of...... the lands to... the gods |
| obverse? 3' | ... like |
| reverse 3' | ......... a statue in between them |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | ... my heart |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | Incantation: ama(?)... you give my case |
| reverse 5' | 7 barleycorns of silver, 7 grains of gold in front of ama, it is said as follows: |
| obverse? 8' | ... the exorcist |
| reverse 2' | ... my... |
| obverse? 7' | ......... the meal of ama, you are |
| obverse? 6' | ... the heavens and earth, the king of the lands, |
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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