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BM 048462 (P558668)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048462 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558668 |
| Museum no. | BM 048462 |
| 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? 8' | In the month... |
| obverse? 4' | In Pabilsag |
| reverse? 3' | in the month of... |
| reverse? 4' | in the month of... |
| reverse? 5' | in the month of... |
| reverse? 6' | in the month of... |
| reverse? 7' | in the month of... |
| obverse? 2' | ... below(?) |
| obverse? 7' | Venus’ last appearance in the west in Scorpius |
| obverse? 3' | ... in the middle... |
| obverse? 5' | Mercury in the west in |
| obverse? 6' | Mercury in the west in the Old Man |
| obverse? 10' | Venus in the west |
| obverse? 11' | Mars, when it emerges |
| obverse? 8' | Mars came out in the... star |
| obverse? 9' | Venus in the west |
| reverse? 2' | In the month of... |
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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