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LBAT 1528 (P364276)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1528 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364276 |
| Museum no. | BM 034165 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | If he enters the midst of a cloud and stands there: the king will go to the lord of the night. |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 10' | He spoke truth with his father: |
| reverse 10' | Written and checked according to its original. |
| reverse 1' | If the Moon, in the day 14 of this month, on the day 30 of this month, to the quay to the Westland... |
| reverse 12' | (for) PN(?) |
| reverse 11' | Hand of Itti-um-uballi, son of |
| reverse 9' | Tablet 13 of 'Itar'. |
| reverse 5' | If the Moon is dark: the king's land will conquer. |
| obverse 9' | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely: there will be truth in the land. |
| reverse 8' | If the Moon stands in the north: there will be an ilku-demon. |
| obverse 12' | (and) he annihilated it. He placed (them) in all lands. The Tigris and Euphrates |
| obverse 5' | If he is ill for...: the land will prosper. |
| obverse 11' | If the moon and sun are in opposition, and at their extispicy Adad roars: all day old. |
| reverse 4' | If the Moon is surrounded by a halo that cannot be split: barley. |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon reaches the east: the reign of the king will end. There will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 7' | If a sow gives birth to a man: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| obverse 4' | If the Moon at its rising constantly roars: there will be evil. |
| obverse 6' | If he is ill, the land will diminish. |
| reverse 3' | If the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo: the south wind blew. |
| reverse 7' | If the Moon....... |
| reverse 6' | If the Moon is dark: the king will have mercy on the land. |
| obverse 3' | If the side of the 'finger' of the lung is split: evil. |
| reverse 2' | If the Moon is surrounded by a cloud: the lands will diminish. |
| obverse 2' | If the veins of the lung... |
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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