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BM 048781 (P558696)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048781 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558696 |
| Museum no. | BM 048781 |
| 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 2' | the water(?) shall name, and |
| reverse 1' | From the gate of the house(?) |
| obverse 3' | The gate(s) of the temple |
| obverse 7' | of the courtyard as far as the gate |
| reverse 3' | Copy of Babylon |
| reverse 4' | his... of |
| obverse 8' | ... may..... |
| obverse 4' | ..., Itar and |
| obverse 6' | He enters the temple of the Lady |
| obverse 1' | At the gate(?) |
| obverse 5' | they named me and... |
| obverse 2' | In the month Simanu (III), the day |
| obverse 9' | In Simanu (Month III), the day |
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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