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BM 039403 (P564389)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 039403 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564389 |
| Museum no. | BM 039403 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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) |
|---|---|
| 5' | If the day is not favourable(?) and the eclipse(?) takes place and... |
| 13' | If on the 16th day rains and ill-wishers take place: the harvest of the land will diminish. |
| 14' | If on the 18th day and the city - its days are favorable, rains and floods will come. |
| 2' | ... the king |
| 15' | If on the 20th day: he will destroy the water of the land. |
| 3' | ... the king(?) |
| 17' | If on the 28th day the king dies and his land will be seized for a second time. |
| 1' | ... the chief(?) |
| 10' | If on the 13th day the king of Akkad will die. |
| 8' | (If) on the 14th day: the king of Akkad will dwell. |
| 6' | If from the 1st day to the 30th day an eclipse takes place: the land... |
| 12' | If on the 15th day the king of the city will die in a rebellion. |
| 16' | If on the 21st day the king of Amurru dies |
| 9' | The 11th day is favourable. |
| 11' | If on the 14th day the king of Uruk falls on his throne. |
| 7' | If in Arasamnu (VIII) on the 1st day an eclipse takes place: the king his sons.... |
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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