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BM 045886 (P558389)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 045886 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558389 |
| Museum no. | BM 045886 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
|---|---|
| 1' | If on the horns of 1 50... |
| 8' | If on account of his life, he will die.... |
| 4' | If from the ox's side on the left.... |
| 5' | "If they are thin" = Shumma alu 25 unknown means "they are thin"... |
| 3' | They are stricken.... |
| 7' | If.......... |
| 6' | ...... |
| 10' | ......... |
| 2' | If from the ox's side.......... |
| 9' | If on the left side of his left rib.... |
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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