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LBAT 1571a (P364320)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1571a |
|---|---|
| ID | P364320 |
| Museum no. | BM 035408 |
| 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 col 1 18 | ... his wide land (is) his evildoer |
| obverse col 2 5' | Total: 9... |
| obverse col 2 4' | The Old Man... |
| reverse col 1' 17' | In a dream, I did not have heart. Where... |
| reverse col 1' 8' | ... in the beginning of the 5th month, the moon reached the end of the moon; on the 18th day... |
| obverse col 2 9' | Orion... |
| obverse col 1 7 | If the Field reaches the top of the Moon and stands there: the king of the land will defeat him. |
| obverse col 2 3' | The Bull of Heaven |
| obverse col 1 3 | If the Twins come close to the front of the moon and stand there: the enemy's land will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 1 11 | Dil-duri and Mercury in AGAR and ABSIN |
| reverse col 1' 11' | ... times 6 54 in 54 years... |
| obverse col 2 2' | The... star |
| obverse col 2 8' | The... star |
| obverse col 1 6 | ... and death will be seen; it will be good. |
| obverse col 2 12' | The... star |
| reverse col 1' 4' | ... 12... and 3 years |
| obverse col 2 16' | The land of |
| obverse col 1 15 | ... he will stand (there) 30 talents. |
| reverse col 1' 5' | ...... and villages... |
| obverse col 1 14 | ..., Pabil and the Furrow |
| reverse col 1' 16' | The one who reveres ama and ama in |
| reverse col 1' 9' | ... eight years............ |
| obverse col 1 20 | ... the wall |
| obverse col 1 13 | ...... that land he made bow down |
| obverse col 1 12 | If the Field comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the king will reach his land. |
| obverse col 1 10 | the king of the world will exercise world dominion; the Star.... |
| obverse col 1 19 | ......... |
| obverse col 2 14' | The Kidney Star... |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ... 3 years above Tauri. The 3rd,... |
| obverse col 1 2 | ... and... the wall |
| reverse col 1' 2' | ... the 3rd, the Upper Star, the Bull |
| reverse col 1' 15' | From the threshing floor you take away the tablet of Itti-ilu-balau, son of |
| obverse col 2 11' | The...-star |
| reverse col 1' 10' | ... 16 years to his place |
| obverse col 1 17 | ... he built |
| obverse col 1 5 | If the Old Man star stands on the top of the Moon and stands there:.... |
| reverse col 1' 6' | .... to his place... |
| reverse col 1' 7' | ...... the 6th (and) 40th, ZI-tarditu. Night of the 50th?, GAR 5/6 campaign... |
| obverse col 1 16 | ... he will kill |
| obverse col 2 7' | The... star |
| obverse col 1 1 | ... and the Furrow(?) |
| reverse col 1' 14' | ... 30 shekels, the 1st day, at its appearance the 27th day... |
| obverse col 2 6' | The Field... |
| obverse col 1 4 | there will be famine and famine in the land. |
| obverse col 2 15' | The... star |
| obverse col 1 8 | is bright and the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| reverse col 1' 12' | ... times the 12th (and) the 1st (and) 48th, in 108 years, it remained constant, and... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | ...... of the month a period of 12 months... and... |
| obverse col 2 10' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 13' | Eridu, the... star |
| reverse col 1' 13' | ... 18 times 12; 3 36 in 216 years... |
| obverse col 1 9 | If the Field reaches the top of the Moon and stands there: the Moon will enter. |
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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