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BM 038161 (P563644)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563644 |
| Museum no. | BM 038161 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
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) |
|---|---|
| col 3' 8' | Sin, the qrû of Nisaba |
| col 3' 4' | 26th, eponym year of... |
| col 3' 13' | a type of tree |
| col 3' 7' | 29 is not favourable. |
| col 2' 14 | In front of the Niru star |
| col 3' 3' | 25......... |
| col 2' 13 | [......] |
| col 3' 10' | a kind of stone |
| col 2' 5 | (In) Ayyaru (Month I), the first day |
| col 3' 6' | 28 (pieces of) carnelian. |
| col 3' 11' | ... of a seal |
| col 2' 8 | with [......] |
| col 1' 2 | ...... |
| col 2' 2 | 28 horses, grain. |
| col 2' 12 | 2(?) times... |
| col 2' 6 | ebtu-seeds, mstu-seeds, |
| col 2' 1 | 27...; |
| col 2' 21 | You set up 4 ditto of Anu and Antu. |
| col 3' 15' | You pour (the mixture) into a libation bowl. |
| col 2' 4 | 30 kali-vessels. |
| col 2' 16 | All is well. |
| col 2' 11 | enters... |
| col 2' 20 | 3 ditto: your god will place (him). |
| col 1' 1 | ... on the 1st day |
| col 3' 12' | During your night and on your right, you set out and |
| col 2' 9 | oil of...-wood |
| col 2' 3 | 29th year. |
| col 3' 19' | You put (it) on your left. |
| col 3' 9' | The month of Dumuzi, the day 4, |
| col 2' 10 | you will be seized. |
| col 2' 18 | On the 1st day you place your libation to... |
| col 3' 21' | ama, the one who gave me advice, |
| col 3' 5' | 27 (pieces of) grain. |
| col 2' 19 | 2 ditto: Ea will place |
| col 3' 20' | It is favourable. |
| col 3' 18' | Your name is written in front of ama |
| col 3' 2' | 24 is the guarantor. |
| col 2' 17 | The strong day of the month |
| col 3' 17' | (If) a man whose feet |
| col 2' 7 | their hearts... |
| col 2' 15 | The teeming bird in front of ama |
| col 3' 16' | All is well. |
| col 3' 14' | ... he brought, supplication |
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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