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LBAT 1529 (P364277)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1529 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364277 |
| Museum no. | BM 035326 |
| 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 20' | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a halo and a man stands inside it: in abau (XI) on the... day: an eclipse will take place and |
| obverse 11' | If its light is dark in ebetu (X) on the 21st day: the king of Akkad will die. |
| obverse 10' | If a son of the king is dead on the 20th day: the king's son will die with the name of the king; his land. |
| reverse 3' | If ditto and it is surrounded by a rainbow halo:.... |
| obverse 2' | On the 30th day: the king of the Westland... |
| obverse 3' | If the Moon in ebtu (X) on the 1st day at its appearance a date palm... |
| obverse 19' | (If) the king of Akkad dies and.... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 16' | If the Moon in abau (Month XI), on its appearance, its day...: an eclipse will take place and |
| obverse 22' | If a halo is surrounded by a halo and a u.PA-demon stands in it. |
| reverse 4' | If ditto and it is surrounded by a lunar halo: exchange of barley and sesame....... |
| obverse 21' | (and) a city is located on the bank and the king of Akkad... |
| obverse 8' | (If) he does not have a voice: he will seize the throne and the 3rd year in(?)....... |
| obverse 6' | rains in the sky, there were floods in the river...... |
| obverse 14' | If it is dark: the harvest of the land will prosper; the cattle will prosper. |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 12' | (If) the Kidney Star and Venus stand (there): the kings will... the king. |
| obverse 13' | If the day reaches its normal length: in ebtu (Month X), the eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 15' | If on the 30th day he is seen in front of Subartu: he will die. |
| obverse 18' | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a halo and the star of Amurru stands inside it. |
| obverse 17' | there will be rains and floods and....... |
| obverse 4' | (If) the harvest of the land is good, the goats and famine... |
| obverse 23' | If the halo is surrounded by a halo and the Arrow stands in it. |
| reverse 2' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is surrounded by a halo: the land will turn into a wall. |
| obverse 5' | If its horns are dark and the Shepherd stands in front of him. |
| obverse 7' | If the stars of ditto Venus stand in its right horn and are seen: |
| obverse 9' | If his horns are dark and are black: in ebtu (Month X), on the 20th day an eclipse will take place and. |
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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