Unread Atlas
BM 043906 (P558261)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BM 043906 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558261 |
| Museum no. | BM 043906 |
| 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 2' | ... a basket...... |
| obverse 5 | ...... in order to raise a kiln |
| obverse 8 | ... wherever he wishes |
| obverse 4 | ... he will give you a sacrifice. |
| obverse 9 | who gives advice |
| obverse 10 | ...... fire, |
| reverse 7' | ................. |
| obverse 7 | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ......, year: “The shepherd is rejoicing for Enlil.” |
| reverse 9' | ... I built |
| obverse 6 | ... the naqidu-priest of the aqidu-priest of Enlil |
| obverse 1 | he gave as a sacrifice |
| reverse 3' | ... he heaped up,...... |
| reverse 4' | ... he sat in the midst of the sea. |
| reverse 5' | ... for the offering of the erbtu-offering he will pay. |
| obverse 3 | I built the throne of ama |
| obverse 12 | ... star |
| obverse 11 | ... the field |
| obverse 2 | ... of those thrones |
| reverse 6' | ... in the middle of the mouth(?)... the womb of Enlil |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.