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BM 048882 (P558704)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048882 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558704 |
| Museum no. | BM 048882 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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' | (If) Jupiter or the... star |
| obverse 2' | ... the names of Jupiter... |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 12' | ... the Lion... |
| obverse 5' | (and) the land of Akkad he conquered. His(?) blood(s)... are not visible |
| reverse 6' | (If) Jupiter stands and... his god(?) ditto: he will recover. |
| reverse 1' | (If) in the Lion or in the Lion(?) |
| obverse 7' | If the Moon is located in the Furrow: an eclipse will take place and the watch will become bright and the south and east winds blow. (If) Venus does not see it. |
| reverse 7' | If the moon in... an eclipse takes place and Jupiter in the Lion |
| reverse 2' | If the Moon is located in the Capricorn: an eclipse will take place and the watch will go out and the south wind blows: its eclipse Venus will not go. Saturn or Mars in the earth |
| reverse 8' | (If) the Moon is located in the... of the Moon: an eclipse will take place and the watch will become bright. In its eclipse the star... will not become visible |
| obverse 8' | (If) in the ox or in the Capricorn:.... |
| reverse 9' | (If) ditto... stands in his breast: the stone will afflict him. Before an eclipse, evil.... |
| reverse 10' | ... his... does not stand in the city... |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon is located in Leo: an eclipse will take place and the watch will be dark and the north wind blows: an eclipse of Jupiter will not stand. |
| reverse 11' | ... in its eclipse Venus ditto! |
| reverse 4' | (and) the land Elam he defeated. The days of the land Elam |
| obverse 6' | (If) the gods stand in the midst of the land, the people will die, their throne will become stable, they will be reconciled in the land. Enlil will return to the land to evil. |
| reverse 3' | (If) the Bull of Heaven stands in the Furrow: variant: Mars... in the Star. |
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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