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BM 041475 (P557878)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041475 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557878 |
| Museum no. | BM 041475 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
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 10 | ... the land |
| obverse 9 | ... his... the king of that land will be well. |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 3' | ......... his father's throne... |
| obverse 8 | ... (If) on the 28th day an eclipse takes place:.... |
| reverse 5' | ...... of the furrows of...... |
| obverse 6 | ... will rule with him. |
| reverse 4' | ...... from the hands of...... |
| reverse 6' | ... fate of the land,..., and ditto his sons... |
| obverse 2 | ... in Simanu (Month III), on the 29th day... stood |
| obverse 5 | ... his... he smote and... a second time |
| reverse 7' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| obverse 3 | ... on the day of the moon an eclipse takes place and the 28th... the moon... |
| reverse 9' | Hand of Bel-ahhe-iddin, his son |
| reverse 2' | ...... her... |
| obverse 7 | ... the 24th?, the river level... the king to the king |
| reverse 8' | (As for) the one who reveres Bel and Bltiya, he does not have (them) in scribal art; in scribal art, he does not... |
| obverse 4 | ... a man will die and his son... the throne... in his eclipse. |
| obverse 1 | ... on the 1st day, before it,... on the 20th of Duuzu |
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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