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LBAT 1593 (P364338)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | LBAT 1593 |
|---|---|
| ID | P364338 |
| Museum no. | BM 035402 |
| 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 19' | The rations of the left from the 1st to the 30th are favourable. |
| obverse 18' | The blood of 13 and 37 are seized with each other. |
| obverse 14' | You set up good and evil with a planet. |
| obverse 21' | (If) you stand............ ama in the name |
| reverse 15' | ... Mars: 65 months for 6 months 20 days. |
| obverse 16' | (As for) the... of the date palm (and) the date palm of the bird, the date palm (and) the date palm of the 13th day, |
| obverse 4' | (If) a rainstorm kills a woman, his wife will kill him. |
| reverse 11' | with the stars of the Scorpion, a fearsome maku-demon, |
| reverse 18' | (If) it is long: to 684 years. |
| reverse 17' | the day of Saturn to the 10th month : the day of Saturn is long for 500... |
| reverse 4' | ...... death by death : with the Lion (means): barley,......, |
| reverse 14' | UD.DA (means) Venus. 7 days : for 14 days. |
| obverse 5' | (gloss: not known) : with the Field, its face is a samanu-like star. |
| reverse 6' | The... Star... which... from heaven : with the Stars, the true one, ama, its great one. |
| reverse 7' | With Scorpius, the supreme..., he is one who is constantly frightened, he is one who is constantly frightened |
| obverse 17' | For the well-being of the 4th (and) 37th, date palms of the eagle, |
| obverse 15' | The moon of the 13th is visible in front of you. The 1st, 1st, (and) 13th, the sun of the equinox is visible. |
| reverse 16' | (If) Mars is long: for 284 years |
| obverse 3' | 'and the sammu-plant, your kanzuzu-plant, the long life, the samat-plant, he will go.' |
| obverse 8' | (If) Mercury gives birth to a woman with the Moon (or): because of it Mercury gives birth to a woman with the Moon. |
| reverse 1' | ... hand(?)... grass(?) |
| obverse 22' | ................. |
| obverse 11' | with 30 two women : because the White Star stands at the culmination. The male and female who gives birth are good. |
| reverse 19' | (If) ditto and.... |
| reverse 8' | and death(?) : with Pabilsag, the one who is assiduous towards the sale(?) bow, the horse |
| obverse 9' | (If) Venus ditto and : because Mars is in Gemini with the Moon. |
| obverse 2' | ... the Field...... the head of the reed : alternatively, the Apsu to the reed |
| reverse 10' | (If) the sagkidabbû-plant afflicts him : (If) the Bow is high: he will die and death. |
| obverse 6' | (If) a woman's eyes are swollen: her forehead is swollen: : BAR and GAN. |
| obverse 7' | If the White Star stands in the women's quarters with the Moon: a man will give birth. : If Saturn or... |
| reverse 3' | ................ |
| obverse 10' | “If Mercury or Saturn give birth to 30 males and females” (= EAE XVI unknown) |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 13' | (If) Venus is long: 64 years. : (If) Venus is long: 64 days. |
| obverse 12' | If the White Star becomes stationary in the land: one woman will die. |
| reverse 5' | ...... where the apsû-tree is positioned |
| obverse 13' | (If) a planet is seen with the planets: he will devour his land and the fates. |
| obverse 20' | ... in a new year, from... |
| reverse 9' | (If) on the other side of the river: a reed of the property. |
| reverse 12' | (If) Jupiter is long: 134 years. : (If) Jupiter is long: 63 months. |
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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