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BM 059481 (P558770)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 059481 |
|---|---|
| ID | P558770 |
| Museum no. | BM 059481 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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? 3 | .... of a reed mat, speak! |
| reverse? 5' | ...... destroyed |
| reverse? 2' | ... Enlil |
| obverse? 8 | ......... |
| obverse? 6 | ... ama will be afraid and |
| reverse? 1' | ...... |
| obverse? 4 | ... the radiance of the stars of heaven. |
| obverse? 1 | ... who constantly seeks out(?)..., |
| reverse? 3' | ... Ea |
| reverse? 4' | ... star |
| obverse? 2 | ... in your hands? |
| obverse? 5 | ... he established for themselves |
| obverse? 7 | ... he does not know his side |
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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