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LBAT 1557 (BM 035045) (P364306)
Astrology, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1557 (BM 035045) |
|---|---|
| ID | P364306 |
| Museum no. | BM 035045 + BM 046236 |
| 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 19' | son of Muezibu |
| obverse 25 | If Jupiter to the sting of the Scorpion....... |
| reverse 4' | If Jupiter approaches the Scales: the lion will devour the land. |
| obverse 3 | If Jupiter stands in the horn of Venus: the land Elam will defeat with a strong weapon. |
| reverse 9' | If Jupiter becomes visible in front of Mars: there will be famine in the land, and there will be famine. |
| reverse 1' | If Jupiter stands in the 'finger' of the fish and stands there: rain. |
| reverse 15' | There is no good niru-disease in the land. |
| reverse 16' | Tablet 63 of the eakku-priest. When Anu and Enlil were not finished, |
| obverse 12 | If Jupiter and Venus stand at the end of the reign of the king of the Westland. |
| reverse 6' | If Jupiter becomes visible in front of the Scales: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 5 | If Jupiter stands in the left of Venus: the land of Marduk will prevail with a strong weapon. |
| obverse 8 | If Jupiter comes close to Venus: it will not approach. |
| reverse 14' | If Jupiter and Mars die: a cloudburst in that year. |
| obverse 10 | If Jupiter and Venus are bright: the land will expand; a man will conquer. |
| obverse 19 | If Jupiter reaches the head of Scorpius: there will be famine in Akkad. |
| reverse 2' | If Jupiter stands in the midst of Crab: Mercury will diminish and fall. |
| reverse 5' | If Jupiter reaches the... of the Scales : in front of the Scales : there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 20' | ... his |
| obverse 24 | If Jupiter comes close to the incantation: Scorpius... in the land of Elam. |
| reverse 7' | If Jupiter and the Arrow are lit: "their stars" will be scattered in all lands. |
| obverse 14 | He shall not make a field in a field. |
| reverse 13' | ... there will be... in the land, alternatively, he will be ill for eating, and the army will be plundered. |
| obverse 16 | If Jupiter stands in front of Venus: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 9 | If Jupiter comes close to Venus: it will not approach. |
| obverse 15 | If Jupiter reaches Venus and passes it: the flood will come to the land. |
| reverse 12' | If Jupiter comes close to Mars: there will be people of the land. |
| reverse 11' | (If) he is ill: there will be famine. The great army will be plundered. |
| obverse 22 | If Jupiter reaches the urub (means): the urub (means): the Scorpion reaches the Scorpion. |
| reverse 10' | If Jupiter stands in front of Mars: barley will increase in the land. |
| obverse 6 | If Jupiter approaches Venus: people will die and his brother will die. |
| obverse 13 | If Jupiter reaches Venus and follows it: the flood will come and |
| obverse 20 | If Jupiter reaches the middle of the Scorpion: there will be a trade in Akkad. |
| reverse 8' | If Jupiter passes in front of Mars: fall of cattle. |
| reverse 17' | If Jupiter comes close to the Eagle: there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 7 | If Jupiter comes close to Venus: he will not approach. |
| obverse 1 | If Jupiter becomes visible in the morning: the kings will make peace. |
| obverse 18 | If Jupiter... Venus...: the king will die and the son of the king will die with a weapon. |
| obverse 21 | If Jupiter reaches the Scorpion: in Akkad the market rate will increase. |
| reverse 3' | If Jupiter stands inside the Fish: Mercury will stand there. |
| obverse 17 | If Jupiter enters from Venus: the queen of the land will enter the midst of great gods. |
| obverse 2 | If Jupiter becomes visible in the beginning of Venus: the land of Akkad will defeat it with a strong weapon. |
| reverse 18' | Written and checked according to the original. |
| obverse 23 | in the land of Elam there will be a price of 2 shekels of silver. |
| obverse 4 | If Jupiter is surrounded by a halo on the right of Venus: the land will conquer. |
| obverse 11 | If Jupiter and Venus become stationary and become stationary: end of the reign of the king of the Westland. |
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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