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BM 045928 (P558406)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 045928 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558406 |
| Museum no. | BM 045928 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3' | If on the left of the Field, Mars becomes visible and.... |
| 11' | If the Field stands in Gemini:... in that year. |
| 4' | (for)..., the granary(?), (for) the end of the year, the barley of Uri |
| 9' | If in the midst of the Twins, Venus enters and becomes visible: attack of Erinmanda(?) |
| 6' | ... of the field, he performed, deaths,..... |
| 12' | If the Field star stands on the right horn of the moon: there will be famine in the land of Amurru. |
| 2' | If in the middle of the middle of the 'finger' the Fish enters and is seen.... |
| 7' | If in the middle of the Field the Field and the Field becomes visible.... |
| 13' | If a planet stands at the left horn of the moon: there will be famine in the land of Subartu. |
| 8' | ... dead(?) in the presence of Erra |
| 10' | ... the second year in the land of Subartu |
| 5' | If the Field (is) the Field (is) the Arrow (is) the Field (is) the Field (is) the Field (is) the Field (is) the Field (is) the Field (is) |
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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