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BM 033536 (P565144)
Astrology, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 033536 |
|---|---|
| ID | P565144 |
| Museum no. | BM 033536 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 8' | The scribal art... |
| obverse 17 | If black............. |
| obverse 23 | (If) he is a black pig, he is a guardian... |
| obverse 15 | If he is black: he will die. Ditto....... |
| obverse 19 | If black/black.......... |
| reverse 12' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| obverse 24 | ... black/black water(?)... his |
| reverse 5' | If a year a fire will fall... |
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| obverse 4 | ... ditto and... |
| obverse 8 | If the barley ration is diminished on the day.... |
| obverse 22 | (If) he is black:.... |
| reverse 7' | If the name.......... |
| obverse 10 | If he is ill with a yellow-green ewe:.... |
| obverse 16 | If he is black: the heavens....... |
| reverse 2' | If the name of the attack of fish... |
| reverse 4' | If a name is seized by a chariot... |
| obverse 14 | If he is black: that man....... |
| reverse 6' | If the name of a diu-disease.... |
| obverse 25 | If black.......... |
| obverse 26 | If he is black....... |
| obverse 7 | ... of fire is smashed... |
| reverse 13' | ... who reveres Nabû and Nisaba |
| obverse 2 | If he is black: he will become confused.... |
| obverse 9 | If he is black: he will become frightened.... |
| obverse 6 | ... Amurru ditto and |
| reverse 3' | If the name of the bird... |
| obverse 1 | If he is black: his reeds... |
| obverse 18 | (If) he is black: the heavens.... |
| obverse 3 | ... the south wind |
| obverse 20 | If he is black: he will not.......... |
| obverse 21 | If black... not....... |
| obverse 11 | If he is surrounded by a black pig:....... |
| obverse 13 | If he is ill with a black calf:....... |
| reverse 10' | If a cloudburst from the east to |
| obverse 5 | ... ditto and... |
| obverse 12 | If he is ill with a black snare:....... |
| reverse 9' | Tablet 37 of which means “When Anu and Enlil.” |
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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