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BM.42262 (ebl:BM.42262)
CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42262 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42262 |
| Museum no. | BM.42262 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
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 34 | Anunitu and inuntu, the Tigris and the Euphrates |
| reverse 1 | The ubuab and Eridu |
| reverse 11 | the Arrow and Niru are set. |
| obverse 26 | The Pleiades and the Weapon of the Hand of Marduk |
| reverse 12 | abirnu (means) Ningirsu. |
| obverse 28 | The Adda and the Pabilsag, the Asag |
| reverse 23 | or one hundred ku reeds, the mouth |
| reverse 15 | The Arrow and the Field |
| reverse 10 | The Erua and the Banat are the rest. |
| obverse 27 | The King and Enlil of Kulaba, Lugal-banda |
| reverse 7 | The Orion and the distant days |
| obverse 21 | The Stag and Enmearra |
| reverse 24 | May he be well, may he be well. |
| reverse 14 | (If) the Field : the land of Babylon |
| reverse 27 | descendant of Arkat-ilni-damqi, incantation priest, for his appearance |
| obverse 2 | The Lion and Anu |
| obverse 9 | The Hegalaeans and Bizila |
| obverse 17 | Lammu, vizier of Babu, and Urmaum, vizier of Gula |
| reverse 18 | (In) Kislimu (Month IX), abau (Month XI), the horn of the moon will fall on the left and he will recover. |
| reverse 4 | Venus is the nabattu of the enemy. |
| obverse 30 | ullat, ama, Adad |
| obverse 29 | the Snake and Erekigal |
| reverse 22 | Ditto by Ubarra and Ura! |
| reverse 6 | Mars is a eagle, it is a eagle. |
| obverse 8 | The king and Marduk |
| reverse 28 | Inscription on Ezida. |
| obverse 10 | O Orion and Nanaya |
| obverse 15 | the Arrows of Ekur and Sîn and Nergal |
| obverse 31 | Scorpius and Ihara, the sea |
| reverse 16 | U.PA and the star are visible |
| reverse 3 | Jupiter and the nadû-stars are for Dadamu. |
| obverse 20 | The Horse and the Eagle |
| reverse 19 | he is a nadtu of abundance. |
| obverse 12 | (If) the Orion, Anu, (and) the Great One of Heaven |
| obverse 19 | The a, Damu, and Anu |
| obverse 16 | The Antues of Ekur and Anu and Enlil |
| obverse 5 | and Sîn and Nergal |
| obverse 7 | and Palil and Ningublaga |
| reverse 5 | The Arrow, the 'finger' of the 'finger' |
| reverse 9 | The Bristle reaches the sky. |
| reverse 21 | — (If) a meteor stretches out (and) a meteor flashes: my troops will be killed. |
| reverse 2 | (If) the Kidney Star, the Twins, Nabu and Tashmetu |
| obverse 4 | The Twins, Lugalgira and Meslamtaea |
| reverse 20 | of these three months, the 15th day: (the god) will not be seen with the god. |
| reverse 8 | Numuda and agimu |
| obverse 32 | arur and arGAZ, Muteir, azu, |
| reverse 26 | Property of Ezida: Nabû-nadin-ahi |
| reverse 17 | ... the lady of the cult centers. |
| reverse 25 | Written according to its original and collated. |
| obverse 24 | Entabarum and Ura |
| obverse 13 | The Great Oval and Diku |
| obverse 1 | The Pleiades and Aur |
| obverse 23 | the Bow and Itar of Babylon |
| obverse 6 | The Small Twins, Alamu and Ningublaga |
| obverse 11 | U.PA, Enlil, who decrees the fate of the land, |
| obverse 3 | The Swallow and the Weapon of the Hand of Marduk |
| obverse 33 | The Wolf, Kusu and Kurgal |
| reverse 13 | The ram, the head of the 'finger' |
| obverse 22 | The King, Latarrak, Sin and Nergal |
| obverse 18 | Ninnisig and Erragal, Nergal and Ahbatu |
| obverse 14 | The Old Man, which in front of Enmearra and Nuska |
| obverse 25 | The Field, the Weapon of Apla of the House, which is inside it: the Apsu will become visible. |
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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