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BM 046069 (P558460)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 046069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558460 |
| Museum no. | BM 046069 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 5 4 | ... me, ditto; |
| col 5 2 | ... a place of relaxation |
| col 1 4' | According to my order, the scepter for the face of Enlil |
| col 1 8' | Gilgame and Enkidu(?) go to the Ekur |
| col 1 3' | I marched to Nippur. |
| col 1 6' | Because.................. |
| col 5 5 | Beloved of queen of the earth, Erekigal |
| col 5 1a | ... he brought |
| col 5 6 | .................. |
| col 5 1b | .................. |
| col 1 2' | Enkidu opened his mouth to speak, and he named it (this statue) to Gilgame. |
| col 1 7' | seized, and seized the hand of their owner. |
| col 1 5' | May the door of the Ekur tear out(?) in her mouth(?) |
| col 5 3a | ......, ditto; |
| col 5 3b | ...... |
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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