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BM 048916 (P558708)
Astral sciences, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048916 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558708 |
| Museum no. | BM 048916 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6' | ... there will be.... |
| obverse 5' | ... the wall of the sky |
| reverse 1 | ... the south wind blew. |
| reverse 7 | ... there will be |
| reverse 3 | ... he shall be released. |
| top 1 | ... urnun |
| reverse 4 | ....... |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | It is the... of..., |
| reverse 2 | ... prince(?) in his palace |
| obverse 2' | ... he is frightened. |
| reverse 6 | ... niphu |
| reverse 8 | ... sheep... |
| reverse 5 | ... there will be |
| obverse 3' | .... alternatively, I will hear my prayer. |
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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