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BM 043711 (P558245)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 043711 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558245 |
| Museum no. | BM 043711 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 8' | ... is seen with the black-headed people : female kid(s)... |
| 10' | ... :... Mars stands and stands there. : Venus in the Furrow |
| 12' | ... is seen in the Old Man: there will be a harvest. : (If) there is a flood (or): a flood will occur. |
| 15' | ... the moon is surrounded by a halo, and alternatively,... the Bristle is surrounded by a halo and... |
| 4' | ... black-headed... stars...... |
| 18' | ...... |
| 9' | ... the black-headed (people) see the Old Man. : Mars stands in the Old Man. |
| 14' | ... alternatively, the moon... in the Old Man: an eclipse... the Old Man... |
| 6' | ... the Sun ditto... he will see. :... the sky and |
| 16' | ... the shepherd... in the halo of the shepherd |
| 17' | ... Sin entered the halo |
| 13' | ... not(?) of the Old Man appear and......... |
| 5' | ... alternatively, black-headed......... the star |
| 7' | ... is surrounded by... and : If a black eagle sees a bird....... |
| 11' | ... many of them... the wall that is unsuitable. : Venus and Mercury in the Old Man |
| 2' | ... not |
| 3' | ... Jupiter,... rejoicing |
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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