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BM 048627 (P558683)
Astrology, Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048627 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558683 |
| Museum no. | BM 048627 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
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 5' | ... will send strong(?)... in Utu(?) |
| obverse 5' | ... Venus...... a chariot... Venus... |
| obverse 8' | ... that shepherd...... |
| reverse 4' | ... idal (means): to...... |
| obverse 2' | ......... |
| obverse 3' | ...... KI.LI means...... |
| reverse 8' | ... Nabu- |
| obverse 6' | ...... : the Shepherd, ama |
| reverse 6' | ... an eclipse takes place and :... stands... |
| reverse 3' | ... will write... strong... |
| reverse 2' | ... in Dumuzi an eclipse took place(?) |
| obverse 10' | ... the month(s) |
| obverse 9' | ... :... in his heart... a rainbow |
| obverse 4' | (If) Jupiter... a star |
| reverse 7' | ... of the... of the Moon at its appearance...... |
| obverse 7' | ... shumtu means : for shummum... |
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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