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LBAT 1530 (P364278)
Astrology, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1530 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364278 |
| Museum no. | BM 034708 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astrology |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 10' | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a fog: (variant:) there will be fog. |
| obverse 11' | If the day reaches its normal length : (variant:) on the 1st day: he will die. |
| reverse 8' | If its horns are long and... : on the 1st day... |
| reverse 14' | ... aiku (means) : Mercury in a iku (means) : the Bow |
| reverse 2' | ... Jupiter in |
| reverse 18' | ... on the 1st?; the moon was surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 9' | If the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a halo |
| obverse 12' | DISZ adir (means) :... |
| reverse 5' | (If) there is a lunar halo in the halo of the moon: alternatively, it stands in the position of the Scorpius. |
| reverse 6' | with the scorpion(?) star of the land Elam |
| obverse 4' | If its horns... in Kislev (IX) |
| obverse 5' | "To see" means "to see." "To see"... |
| reverse 4' | If the Moon in Adar (XII) on the 1st day is surrounded by a halo, and Venus stands in it.... |
| obverse 9' | If its horns are bent down and are black : Mercury approaches him and is identical with his land |
| obverse 8' | If Venus rises in its right horn and becomes visible: (variant:) in the eclipse Venus sets. |
| obverse 7' | If its horns are thick: reeds will be scattered. : reeds will be scattered. |
| obverse 13' | If the Moon in abau (XI) on the 4th day.... |
| reverse 11' | (If) there are clouds in the sky: rain. |
| obverse 2' | its... stands: an eclipse(?) |
| reverse 13' | If a cloudburst is located and Venus stands in it : in Scorpius (means): an eclipse will take place and Venus stands there. |
| obverse 6' | If its horns are long : on the 1st day: in the evening? |
| obverse 14' | ... blood? |
| reverse 3' | If the halo is surrounded by a halo and the UD.KA.DUH.A star stands in it : heaven.... |
| reverse 1' | If a halo is surrounded by a halo and... stands in it |
| reverse 7' | If a lunar halo is surrounded by a halo and the Pleiades stand inside it (means): in an eclipse the star.... |
| obverse 10' | (If) his UD.DA (gloss: new break) : the Kidney star approaches the sky and |
| reverse 16' | ... Venus in Scorpius :...... |
| obverse 3' | ... alternatively, Mercury |
| reverse 12' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gods, (or): in the eclipse Adad thunders. |
| reverse 15' | ... barley... two times the Scorpion stands inside it. |
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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