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BM 044005 (P558272)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 044005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558272 |
| Museum no. | BM 044005 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6 | If the Bristle afflicts a rush,... will devastate |
| obverse 1 | If a pigeon approaches the Bristle: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 4 | The eru-bird is good for the Bird. |
| reverse 5' | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to.... |
| reverse 4' | 18(?) years, he will be well. |
| obverse 2 | The stele |
| reverse 3' | ... harvest(?) |
| obverse 7 | If Mercury... heaven |
| obverse 3 | If a storm rages towards the Pleiades: in that year Adad will devastate |
| reverse 2' | ... stands inside it :...... |
| obverse 5 | If a planet reaches the Zapi star(?) |
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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