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BM 043759 (P558250)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 043759 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558250 |
| Museum no. | BM 043759 |
| 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? 7' | ...... : (If) an eclipse takes place: rain... |
| reverse 2 | ... kings of the lands will fall and....... |
| obverse? 2' | ...... |
| obverse? 6' | ... will fall. : With the Hireling... |
| reverse 1 | ... a black storm will take place. The king will die and his land will be scattered. :... |
| reverse 4 | ...... |
| obverse? 3' | You set up... for the king. |
| reverse 3 | ... : the star |
| obverse? 4' | ... for the work of the scribal art... |
| obverse? 5' | ... the destruction of Elam to the land |
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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