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BM 041163 (P557860)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557860 |
| Museum no. | BM 041163 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2' 10' | ...... |
| col 1' 1' | ... the gods, who establishes the land |
| col 2' 9' | ... milk |
| col 2' 7' | ......... |
| col 2' 3' | Thus(?) all(?) water(?) |
| col 2' 1' | of my king... |
| col 1' 11' | ...... |
| col 1' 4' | ......, gods, governor of the land |
| col 1' 9' | ... Nabû on account of |
| col 1' 10' | ... and...... |
| col 2' 2' | My head, as if I was a suckling man |
| col 2' 4' | ... in the light(?) |
| col 1' 2' | ... I am |
| col 2' 8' | ...... |
| col 2' 5' | In(?)..., the man |
| col 1' 3' | ... wide..., the messenger(?) |
| col 2' 6' | ... plant(?) |
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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