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BM 041897 (P557907)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041897 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557907 |
| Museum no. | BM 041897 |
| 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 6' | ...... sheep and goats(?) |
| obverse 4' | ... his brothers and in his body(?)... his body(?)... oil... |
| reverse 7' | ................... |
| reverse 9' | In the hand of abtu... |
| obverse 7' | ... his brother and |
| obverse 1' | ... a god who is agreeable to him |
| reverse 4' | ... AL.TI? |
| reverse 5' | ... the ewe(?), its midst is a ewe, its intestines are swollen |
| reverse 3' | ...,..., snake oil, ah,... |
| reverse 1' | ... the hand of Mitti, the andtu-demon |
| obverse 8' | ...... his mouth(?) |
| reverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | ... rejoicing(?) of the heart of a stone,... tamarisk |
| obverse 3' | ... you put musukkannu-plant on his neck and...... brother... |
| reverse 2' | To the hand of(?) the god(dess) he set his weapon(?) |
| obverse 5' | ... Enlil(?) and Alad, the other(?) gods, to the hand of Enki(?) |
| reverse 8' | ... he smote(?)..., hand of..., |
| reverse 6' | You put... in the hand of Kubû, (and) you set (it) on his neck. |
| obverse 9' | ... Ennu, alternatively Sîn |
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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