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BM 040016 (P564787)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564787 |
| Museum no. | BM 040016 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3' | ... king(?) and(?)... |
| reverse 4' | ... one... and it is surrounded by a fog? |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 6' | ... in anger... |
| obverse 1' | If the Moon is dark and its horn is dark and turns into a cloud:... will stand in the morning watch. |
| reverse 2' | ... and... |
| obverse 2' | (If) there is an evil of the land, a reign of the land will take place: the enemy will be killed in battle. That land will experience a severe famine. |
| obverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | ... as... |
| reverse 5' | ... in battle... |
| obverse 5' | ... a man... |
| obverse 3' | ...... |
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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