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BM 040762 (P557809)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040762 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557809 |
| Museum no. | BM 040762 |
| 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 | ...... ditto...... |
| reverse 10 | The Twins(?)...... |
| reverse 15 | ... the Arrow(?) |
| obverse? 11 | ... mountain...... |
| obverse? 7 | ...... fate |
| reverse 6 | If the Moon is eclipsed in a black cloud and clouds are seen inside the cloud: : in the cloud.... |
| reverse 3 | ... the land......... |
| obverse? 8 | ......... |
| obverse? 15 | ... the Old Man |
| obverse? 10 | ... after |
| reverse 14 | ............ stands and... |
| reverse 7 | The great gods will... the land; the king of the land will... the days that... |
| obverse? 2 | ...... |
| reverse 9 | ... the Arrow... the star... |
| reverse 13 | ... not |
| obverse? 17 | ... the Furrow |
| reverse 12 | ... for a gift... |
| obverse? 6 | ... the land... |
| reverse 4 | If the Moon is eclipsed in an eclipse and a rain shower: the people will be seen in the land.... |
| obverse? 13 | ...... 5 fingers...... |
| reverse 11 | ......, the uziana, the |
| reverse 5 | If the Moon is eclipsed in an eclipse and a lightning flashes: the flood will not....... |
| obverse? 14 | ...... |
| reverse 8 | ... the one who hears prayers, who... in Nisannu on the.... |
| obverse? 5 | ... and...... |
| obverse? 9 | ...... |
| obverse? 12 | ... asidu...... |
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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