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LBAT 1550 (P364299)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1550 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364299 |
| Museum no. | BM 034043 |
| 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 6 | ... the king will die. He will receive silver and gold from the king. |
| obverse 5 | ... in his unalterable way an eclipse takes place and... like fire. |
| reverse 7' | ... the land is bright and it is bright: the king of the land will die. The wall to the king...... |
| obverse 7 | ... is dark(?) in the land(?): an eclipse will take place and the day will be overcast. |
| obverse 14 | ... silver and gold... |
| reverse 8' | ... and silver and gold he took. |
| obverse 8 | The king of the land will die and he will die. |
| obverse 12 | ......... The 30th,... was destroyed in the land... |
| reverse 3' | ... Dilimbat and Illil will see him. |
| obverse 1 | (If) an eclipse takes place and the Lion in its side(?) |
| reverse 2' | He received... silver and gold. |
| reverse 5' | If he is ill with his unfavorable eyes and he is ill... |
| obverse 2 | ... king... ditto. |
| obverse 4 | (If) Adad thunders...: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 4' | The land will not prosper. |
| obverse 13 | ... will be destroyed and its... will be destroyed. |
| obverse 11 | ... destroyed in the land |
| obverse 3 | ... the south wind in the land will approach :... |
| obverse 10 | ... the king, the reed-beds, took fright and... |
| reverse 9' | If in the month of Addaru (XII) there is an eclipse of the throne in the land |
| reverse 6' | ... he will receive. He will pay back the silver and the gold. |
| obverse 9 | He places silver and gold for kingship and he carries silver and gold. |
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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