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BM 041872 (P557904)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041872 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557904 |
| Museum no. | BM 041872 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
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? col 1 13' | ... furrows. |
| obverse? col 1 17' | ... enemy to the king of the land... |
| obverse? col 2 5' | ......... |
| obverse? col 2 4' | If the Field... |
| obverse? col 2 11' | If the Pleiades in Nisannu (Month I) ditto in ama. |
| obverse? col 1 2' | ... and Mercury |
| obverse? col 2 16' | If a star ditto in Duuzu ditto in the west ditto: a woman |
| obverse? col 2 7' | If Dilbad raises its horns |
| obverse? col 1 9' | ... the king to the king(?) |
| obverse? col 2 10' | If Dilbad in Nisannu (Month I) from the 1st to the 30th day.... |
| obverse? col 2 13' | If a star ditto in Ayyaru (Month II) ditto in ama, ditto in... woman(?) |
| obverse? col 2 18' | If the Bristle ditto in Ab (V) ditto in the west ditto:.... |
| obverse? col 2 15' | If the Well-being ditto in Simanu (Month III) ditto in the west ditto: fall of.... |
| obverse? col 2 2' | If the Bristle.... |
| obverse? col 2 3' | If the Bristle.... |
| obverse? col 2 8' | If Dilbad is dark: there will be famine for the prince and the prince.... |
| obverse? col 1 10' | If... the king sends messages to the king of the angry. |
| obverse? col 1 3' | ... is good: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse? col 2 14' | If the Pleiades in Simanu (Month III) ditto in the west ditto: fall of.... |
| obverse? col 2 6' | ......... |
| obverse? col 1 14' | ... Akkad... truth |
| obverse? col 1 6' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2 12' | If a star ditto in Ayyaru (VIII) ditto in the east ditto.... |
| obverse? col 1 11' | ... the lands to Akkad |
| obverse? col 2 19' | If the Bristle ditto in Ab (V) ditto in the west ditto:... |
| obverse? col 2 9' | ... he will bring him to the mouth of battle and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse? col 1 1' | ... the land destroyed |
| obverse? col 2 1' | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 12' | If... illness is present in the land. |
| obverse? col 1 15' | ... the son of the king(?) is placed for his father: the throne. |
| obverse? col 1 8' | If... the land will eat good bread |
| obverse? col 2 20' | If the Bristle ditto in Ululu (VI) ditto in the west ditto.... |
| obverse? col 1 7' | ......... |
| obverse? col 1 16' | ... the harvest(?) will prosper |
| obverse? col 2 21' | If ditto in Ululu (Month VI), ditto in ama... |
| obverse? col 2 17' | If the Bristle ditto in Duuzu ditto in the west ditto....... |
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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