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BM 042127 (P557941)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 042127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557941 |
| Museum no. | BM 042127 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | ... the 8th?... did not enter |
| 5' | ... 8? cubits 4 cubits. On the 14th day Azza |
| 8' | ... in the midst of the moon... |
| 9' | ... his... as much as 1 cubit... |
| 10' | ... the moon... the mouth(?) |
| 4' | ... as much as there was, 1 U... |
| 1' | ... 6/9...... |
| 2' | ... when... in 9° daytime |
| 7' | ... either 1 U or 2 U... |
| 6' | ... I placed before me... |
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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