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BM 041631 (P557889)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041631 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557889 |
| Museum no. | BM 041631 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 7' | ... good |
| obverse 7' | ... goes to the riverbank and its inscription: |
| obverse 11' | ... emerges(?) |
| reverse 8' | his... |
| obverse 1' | ... grass/flower(?) |
| obverse 3' | (For) the Capricorn, Enki, the name of Enki, the name of Enki, the name of his (Enki’s) name, to its left... he recites (this incantation) and |
| obverse 5' | (If) a fish: (the name) of the gods(?) will die. (If) a fish: (the name) of the gods will die. (If) a fish: he will die. |
| obverse 8' | ... its middle 'finger' is thick... |
| obverse 6' | ...... they did not come out... |
| reverse 5' | ... and his chariots |
| obverse 12' | ... women are created(?) by (the command of) Enlil |
| obverse 2' | (If) he sees a fowler: Adad (is) the name of Enlil (and) Adad will seize him and he will die. |
| reverse 3' | ... Ugal(?) of Nippur |
| obverse 4' | (If) a fish, the name of Anu, (and) the name of Anu, he (the god) will rule (and) his (personal) gods will say: |
| reverse 4' | ... his throne |
| obverse 9' | .... and my brother... |
| obverse 10' | ... ama not(?)... barley(?) |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ... they give him |
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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