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BM.40691 (ebl:BM.40691)
CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology > Babylonian Almanac, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40691 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40691 |
| Museum no. | BM.40691 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Hemerology > Babylonian Almanac |
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 col 2 11' | The 15th day is favourable. |
| reverse col 1 8' | 14 days of barley |
| reverse col 3 2' | The 10th day is unfavourable. |
| obverse col 2' 4' | 19th day, unfavourable. |
| reverse col 2 7' | 11th day. |
| obverse col 2' 1' | 16th day of month XII. |
| reverse col 1 3' | The 9th, when I watched I did not see it. |
| obverse col 3' 1' | 16th day. |
| reverse col 1 4' | The 10th day is unfavourable. |
| obverse col 2' 2' | The 17th day is unfavourable. |
| reverse col 1 6' | The 12th day is unfavourable. |
| obverse col 3' 3' | 18 suckling tongues |
| reverse col 1 10' | 16...; |
| obverse col 3' 6' | 21th day, eponym year of Nabû-ahhe-iddina. |
| obverse col 3' 9' | The 24th,... |
| reverse col 3 1' | 9th day. |
| reverse col 3 7' | 15 qû,...; |
| reverse col 2 5' | 10 dates, I did not eat guqanu-flour. |
| obverse col 2' 12' | 27 (times) delivery |
| reverse col 1 5' | 11th day. |
| obverse col 2' 10' | 25 karau-garments |
| obverse col 3' 5' | The 20th,...... |
| reverse col 2 13' | 17th day, black |
| obverse col 2' 9' | 24 (times) elapsed |
| reverse col 2 15' | 19 kiltu-vessels, regular offering |
| obverse col 3' 2' | 17 (containers of) share and rejoicing |
| obverse col 3' 7' | 22th day, eponym year of PN. |
| obverse col 2' 7' | 22(?) days. |
| reverse col 2 8' | 1 (shekel of) silver, not its horn |
| reverse col 2 4' | 9th day: favourable. |
| reverse col 1 7' | 13 red days, |
| obverse col 2' 8' | The 23rd day is unfavourable. |
| reverse col 2 14' | 18th day. |
| obverse col 3' 4' | 19...; |
| reverse col 2 3' | 8 sahmatu-vessels |
| reverse col 2 2' | 7 days. |
| obverse col 2' 5' | 20 [......] |
| reverse col 1 9' | The 15th, the wife being sold. |
| reverse col 3 6' | The 14th day is unfavourable. |
| reverse col 2 6' | ... seizes him. |
| obverse col 3' 8' | 23rd day, eponym year of Nabû-ahhe-iddina. |
| reverse col 1 12' | The 18th, day not favourable. |
| reverse col 3 3' | 11th day, eponym year of Nabû-belu-ushur. |
| reverse col 1 2' | 8 red days |
| reverse col 2 10' | 14th day, eponym year of Nabû-sharru-ushur. |
| reverse col 3 5' | 13 days: rations. |
| obverse col 2' 11' | 26th day, unfavorable. |
| reverse col 1 1' | The 7th, in a favorable case, |
| reverse col 1 11' | 17 (times) he established. |
| reverse col 2 9' | 13th day. |
| obverse col 2' 3' | The 18th?, he shall swear |
| reverse col 2 12' | 16th day, unfavourable. |
| obverse col 2' 6' | 21 days (?), not received |
| reverse col 3 4' | 12 new ones, I did not see (them). |
| reverse col 2 1' | 6 days of rations |
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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