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BM 040650 (P557801)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040650 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557801 |
| Museum no. | BM 040650 |
| 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 4 | (If) he does not do what he does, ditto that he does, ditto that he does.... |
| obverse 5 | (If) he who is able to(?) do (the ritual) that... ditto |
| obverse 2 | Adad gave you water in the rains. |
| reverse 3' | ... ditto. By my (personal) god and goddess ditto. |
| reverse 8' | ... they smote me. Why did you turn away from me? |
| obverse 6 | ... who performs and performs a ritual... |
| obverse 1 | Incantation: O statue of Sin, your heir, and ama resound your supplication. |
| reverse 4' | By the command of the god of my city and the goddess of my city, ditto: |
| reverse 2' | ... by the command of Marduk, ditto. |
| reverse 6' | May they see me, and may they rejoice before them. |
| reverse 1' | ... the pure... |
| obverse 3 | ... of my handiwork, whose work I have done..., |
| reverse 7' | May their heart rejoice over them. |
| reverse 5' | ... to me, may the gods of the king, the nobleman and the prince be well. |
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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