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LBAT 1540 (P364289)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1540 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364289 |
| Museum no. | BM 034978 |
| 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 4' | ... his day is full of famine; in his heart an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 3' | ... in that month, an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 2' | ... its horns are seen with them. In that month, the river level will go |
| reverse 9' | ......... |
| obverse 3' | ... an eclipse will take place in it. |
| reverse 2' | ... an eclipse... |
| obverse 6' | ...... a solar eclipse takes place |
| reverse 11' | ... day 20?...... |
| reverse 5' | ...... in it: an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 7' | ... his |
| reverse 6' | ... there will be famine in it; an eclipse of the Westland will take place. |
| reverse 8' | ... on the... day as on the... day. |
| reverse 10' | .... will prevail... |
| reverse 4' | ... In that month, an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 5' | ... there will be an eclipse |
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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