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BM 042411 + BM 042636 + BM 043097 (P557968)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 042411 + BM 042636 + BM 043097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P557968 |
| Museum no. | BM 042411 + BM 042636 + BM 043097 |
| 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 15 | -ah-eriba, son of Ir-Dakkuri-ama |
| reverse 2 | Its... eyes...... |
| reverse 7 | (If) it is dark: in the month of Nisannu (I).... |
| obverse 17 | (If) it is dark:.... |
| obverse 6 | (If) it is dark: he will die. |
| obverse 11 | The day passed, the year elapsed. |
| obverse 5 | (If) the Moon is located on the right and on the left: he will recover. |
| top 16 | The one who reveres Nabû does not receive |
| reverse 6 | ...,..., |
| obverse 2 | (If) he sees a fog: the year will be long. |
| obverse 12 | (If).......... |
| obverse 10 | UD.DA GAR na-gauge; 2 black wool |
| obverse 8 | ............ |
| reverse 13 | ... of the mouth of Papsukkal and Taqia-Gula(?) |
| reverse 10 | (If) it is surrounded by a fog: the Moon is surrounded by a fog. |
| obverse 7 | (If) he is ill for a long time: his man will be well; he will be ill for a long time. |
| obverse 3 | (If) on the day of disappearance of the moon it thunders towards the eclipse. |
| reverse 11 | (If) it is dark: there will be famine in the midst of..., that land... |
| obverse 9 | (If) it is dark: the city.... |
| obverse 16 | UD.DA, UD.DA,..., |
| reverse 1 | UD.DA, UD.DA,..., |
| obverse 14 | (If) it is a dark day:....... |
| reverse 12 | ... he brought out. An eclipse of ama...... |
| reverse 4 | ...... |
| obverse 13 | UD.DA, 20/30(?)... |
| reverse 9 | (If) it is surrounded by a fog: on the right of the Moon.... |
| reverse 5 | (In?) the evening, (in) the evening, (in) the evening, in the evening, in the evening |
| reverse 14 | ... a city is located on a height. The walls are not finished. |
| obverse 15 | ... pure(?)... |
| obverse 4 | (If) it is surrounded by a darkened halo, it is surrounded by a halo, it is surrounded by a halo, it is surrounded by a darkened halo, and a man's name.... |
| reverse 8 | (If) it is dark: on the right side of the throne.... |
| reverse 3 | (If) the day is dark: he will die..... |
| obverse 1 | (If) he is stricken...: he will recover. |
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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