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BM 041026 (P557821)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557821 |
| Museum no. | BM 041026 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| 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 8' | ... the halo of the aiku-priest of Ea |
| obverse 14' | ... the moon is eclipsed in the sky and the head(s) of the land |
| obverse 13' | ... in Simanu the Bristle, the star of the land |
| obverse 10' | ... the halo of the Field, which Enlil |
| reverse 2 | ... the Scorpion, the star of the Mountain |
| obverse 2' | ... of Enlil, field, kur, |
| obverse 6' | ... Elam, the Elamite, from the first day of the month Ullu to the 30th day of the month Arasamna |
| reverse 5 | ... the star of the Westland |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 9 | ... of the god |
| reverse 3 | ... of the month of Kislimu (Month IX), a solar eclipse takes place inside it. |
| reverse 8 | ... that of the god 40 of...... |
| obverse 12' | ... of abau the Shepherd, the star of Akkad |
| obverse 3' | ... of Anim(?) field, Marad, clay(?) |
| obverse 4' | ... the land Elam from the 1st day of... to the 30th day of |
| obverse 11' | ... not... the star of Akkad |
| reverse 1 | ... of the Lion, the star of Elam |
| reverse 7 | ... of the god Enlil... the star(?) of the Westland |
| obverse 5' | ... Akkad from the 1st day of below to the 30th day of... |
| reverse 4 | ... of the god Enlil, of the god Enlil, of the land |
| reverse 6 | ... that Ea, which is on the left, the King, the Snake, the star of the Westland |
| obverse 7' | ... the land of Amurru from the fourth day of Kislimu to the 30th day of abau |
| obverse 9' | ... in the halo of Venus, that of Anu |
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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