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BM 043882 (P558256)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 043882 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558256 |
| Museum no. | BM 043882 |
| 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 9' | If he is a so-and-so to a man's house: he will enter and he will enter the wife of a man. |
| obverse 8' | ... great(?) |
| obverse 25' | ......... |
| obverse 4' | ... a man(?) |
| obverse 17' | ... it is a ghost, and in the street he is seized... hunger... |
| reverse 14' | ......... and in the street... |
| obverse 24' | ...... the children... that city... |
| obverse 5' | ... their lord |
| reverse 8' | If... many pigeons enter(?) |
| obverse 11' | ... you take and enter the house of his lord, and the house of his lord... |
| obverse 21' | ............. |
| reverse 17' | ......... |
| obverse 27' | ... the land (is) a great woman |
| obverse 13' | ... is a reed... and you recite the incantation... |
| reverse 16' | ... his god... |
| reverse 15' | ... the city has entered...... |
| reverse 12' | If he gives birth to pigs, he will die.... |
| obverse 18' | ... ni-plant, fennel |
| reverse 11' | If a sow gives birth to their pigs: that city.... |
| obverse 12' | .... you take and from the house of his lord... the house of his lord... |
| obverse 3' | .... |
| obverse 7' | ... they shall guard and...... |
| obverse 16' | ...... and go out from the house of his lord to the gate of the house of his lord. |
| obverse 9' | ... you take and enter the house of his lord... his lord. |
| obverse 14' | ........................ |
| obverse 19' | ........... |
| reverse 5' | ... she is a pigeon(?), she strews her sheepfold... to a man's house |
| obverse 22' | ... date palm(?) |
| obverse 2' | ... the city(?) |
| reverse 20' | ... kill him... |
| reverse 7' | If a pig enters a man's house and its grain is left: in that man's house. |
| reverse 18' | ... you take... and enter |
| obverse 6' | ... ditto. |
| reverse 13' | If pigs... ditto and ditto |
| obverse 20' | .......... |
| reverse 10' | ... gates and fish... |
| obverse 15' | ... is a reed... and enters the gate of the house of his lord: the house of his lord will be destroyed. |
| reverse 4' | ... in his mouth... to the gate... |
| obverse 28' | ... he will enter the land |
| reverse 3' | ... may he not enter his... and |
| reverse 19' | ............. |
| obverse 10' | ... you take... and from the house of his lord... his lord... |
| obverse 26' | ... there will be a king of the world in the land and the land will be hostile to the angry gods... |
| reverse 6' | ... a pigeon may he eat, and in a man's house |
| obverse 23' | ... in his mouth...... the king... |
| obverse 29' | ... great |
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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