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BM.38616 (ebl:BM.38616)
CANONICAL > Technical > Astronomy, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.38616 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.38616 |
| Museum no. | BM.38616 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Astronomy |
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 4 | ... Dilbad was seen in the Fish. When Dilbad was seen with it |
| obverse 16 | ... 2 cubits... Dilbad |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| obverse 13 | ... the Pleiades to... the right... Dilbad |
| obverse 12 | ... stood 2 cubits in front of Dilbad |
| reverse 6' | ... Dilbad to Mercury |
| obverse 1 | ... left of Dilbad 1 cubit |
| obverse 15 | ... and... |
| reverse 4' | ......... |
| obverse 18 | ... stands... cubits |
| reverse 5' | ... Illbad 1? cubit... cubits... Mercury stood to the north. |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 10 | ...... stood 4 cubits in front of Dilbad. |
| obverse 14 | ... cubits, above Dilbad, |
| obverse 5 | ... is seen in the midst of Dilbad. |
| reverse 3' | ... and Dilbad to the land |
| reverse 1' | ...... plant |
| obverse 7 | ... day?, it was seen in the midst of Dilbad |
| obverse 17 | ... 15th, Mercury was |
| obverse 2 | ... 15 |
| obverse 8 | ... Mercury stood 4 cubits below Dilbad |
| obverse 11 | ...... 11 years |
| obverse 3 | ... stands...: days will come. |
| obverse 9 | ... was seen with(?) in the left of Dilbad. |
| obverse 6 | ...... The 22nd, Mercury’s |
Sources & licences
- 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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