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Astronomy & Mathematics
Babylonian astronomers tracked planets for centuries; their mathematicians invented sexagesimal arithmetic — the reason we still divide hours into 60 minutes and circles into 360 degrees.
SF 082
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC)) — SF 082. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
TMH 05, 065
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — TMH 05, 065. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
MSCT 1, 160, MS 3047
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) ?) — MSCT 1, 160, MS 3047. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
OIP 014, 070
Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — OIP 014, 070. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BIN 08, 024
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — BIN 08, 024. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CDLJ 2005/2 §2.1
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — CDLJ 2005/2 §2.1. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
MAD 5, 112
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) ?) — MAD 5, 112. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
Plimpton 322
Whatever its purpose, this single tablet shows that Babylonian mathematicians, working in base-60, had an arithmetic understanding of right triangles a millennium before Pythagoras was born.
Astronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000762, ex. 032 & 000823, ex. 002
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000762, ex. 032 & 000823, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 051
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 051. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 052
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 053
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 053. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 055
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 055. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 080
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 080. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 081
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 081. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 082
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 082. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 083
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000796, ex. 083. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 007
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CDLI Literary 000799, ex. 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythDaily LifeAstronomy & Mathematics
BagM 28, 199 14
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BagM 28, 199 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BagM 28, 201 18
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BagM 28, 201 18. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BE 14, 004
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 14, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 002
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 003
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 009
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 012
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 017
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureAstronomy & Mathematics
BE 20/1, 026bis, pl. X
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — BE 20/1, 026bis, pl. X. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Writing & LiteratureAstronomy & Mathematics
CBS 03919
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CBS 03919. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 03920
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CBS 03920. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04295
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) ?) — CBS 04295. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
Babylonian Liver Omens 193, plts. XI & XLII-XLIII
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — Babylonian Liver Omens 193, plts. XI & XLII-XLIII. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
Sm 0400
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — Sm 0400. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
Ashurbanipal 084
Links a lunar eclipse, divine omens, and the Elamite king's physical affliction — paralyzed lip, diminished eye — to justify Ashurbanipal's campaign: a rare royal text weaving extispicy logic directly into annalistic narrative.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]
1. In the month of Ab (month V), Adad raised his voice: the sky was darkened, the heaven rained down, lightning flashed, / waters were withheld in the spring(s). / 1. When Adad cried out on a cloudless day, / it is the 'daummattu'-omen: ditto. Famine will be in the land. / Regarding the unfavorable body[-omen]: / the king, my lord, should not speak from his heart [about this], / illness — that year is it. / As many of the people as are sick — / all [will have] well-being. / It will turn around, and the king, my lord — / he who fears the gods, / day and night the gods will pray for him / …
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 002. Will Mugallu ...? (PRT 089) [military and political]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) From [this] day, [the ...th day of this month ..., to the ...th day of the coming month, the month ... of this year], (2) for [these ... days and nights, the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term, will ...] (3) [will] either [......] (4) or Mu[gallu ......] (Break) (r 1) that city, [......]. (r 2) in [......] (Break) (e. 1) [...... Third exti]spicy. (e. 2) [...... Marduk-šu]mu-uṣur.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 003. Will the Chief Eunuch Drive Mugallu away from a Fortress of Melid? (AGS 055) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am [asking you]! (2) Mugallu and the troops [of ..., (allied) with him], who have now [set up ca]mp aga[inst ..., a fortress] of the city Melid — (4) [will the chief eunuch of Esarhaddon, ki]ng of Assyria, and [his] troop[s and army who] have gone against him, [drive Mugallu and his troops away] from the w[all of ..., and will he] aban[don the w]all? (9) Does your great divinity kn[ow it? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (10) Disregard the (formulation) of [to]day's case, [be it good, be it faulty].…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 005. Will Mugallu Attack Mannu-ki-..., who is Besieging a Fortress? (PRT 029) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, gi[ve me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) From this day, [the 11th day of this month, the month Iyyar (II) of this yea]r, to the 10th day of the month Sivan (III) [of this year, for 30 days] and nights, my stipulated term — (4) within this stipulated term, will M[ugal]lu, the Melidean, st[rive and plan]? Will he mobilize a powerful army against Mannu-ki-[...] and the magnates and army of Assyria who have gone to the city Ba[..., a fortress which Mugal]lu abandoned? Or will they am[bush (them), or attack, kill and plunder them]? (8) [Will Esarhaddon,…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 007. Will Assyrian Troops Conquer Quhna, a Fortress of Mugallu of Melid? (AGS 021+) [military and political]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Should NN with the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], set up [cam]p [against the ci]ty Quh[na, a fortress of Mugallu of Melid? Is it pleasi]ng [to your great divinity]? (3) If they, having planned, go, [...] set up camp and do whatever pertains to the capture of a city [...], will they conquer the city Quhna, capture it, and enter it? (6) [Will Es]arhaddon, king of Assyria, be pleased, be happy, andrejoice? (7) [Will he who can see, see it]? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity know it? (8) [Disregard what] they speak [with their mouth]s. (9)…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 008. Should Assyrian Army Lay Siege to a Fortress of Mugallu of Melid? (PRT 027) [military and political]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard the (formulation) of tod]ay's [ca]se, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person [has touched] the sacri[ficial sheep]. (2) [Disregard that the ra]m (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficie[nt or faulty]. (3) [Disregard that he who tou]ches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [(or) has touched] the (libation) beer, [the maṣhatu-flour, the water, the container and the fire]. (4) [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 009. Will Mugallu or Iškallu Attack Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu? (AGS 057) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am as[king you]! (2) Ša-Nabû-šû, the chief eunu[ch of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], who [has gone] with [eunuchs (and) m]agnate[s, the army of Esarhaddon], ki[ng of Assyria, against ......] (5) (Break) (7) [If] he goes and [sets up c]am[p ......], (8) will either [Mugallu w]ith his troops, [or ......], or Iškallû the Tabalean [......], or any other [enemy], either in daytime [or at night] strive and plan, (9) [mount an attack agai]nst [......] Ša-Nabû-šû and his [army], and ki[ll and plunder (them)]? (Break) (r 1) (... whether)…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 010. Hostilities between Iškallu of Tabal and Mugallu of Melid (AGS 056a) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, gr[eat lo]rd, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am as[king you]! (2) Will Iškallû the Tab[alean ......], who engaged in mutual hostilities with Mugallu the Me[lidean concerning ......] and the city Ištiar[u ......], (6) will the argument and quarrel which [they had......] (7) talk [......] (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 3) The middle of the 'station' is effaced ...[......]. (r 4) The 'finger' is thick…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 011. Will Mugallu of Melid and Iškallu of Tabal Wage War? (AGS 059) [military and political]
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [I ask y]ou, Šamaš, gr[eat] lord, [whether Mugallu, the Melidean, or] Iškallû the Ta[balean, or ... will strive] and plan, (r 4) (and whether) [they ......] will leave and [... to wage] war? (r 6) Be present [in thi]s [ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propi[tious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. (Rest destroyed)
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 012. Messenger of Mugallu Sent to Conclude a Peace Treaty (AGS 054) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am a[sking you]! (2) The messenger whom Mugallu the Me[lidean] sent [to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] to conclude a treaty, and [whom your great divinity knows] — (4) in accordance with the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable decisions], (5) will that messenger, who [has come] before [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], by the order of Mugallu the Mel[idean, ......]? (7) Will Mugallu the Melid[ean ......]? (8) Will [all] his words come true? [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
SAA 04 014. Will Kuzzurakeans, Tabaleans or Cilicians Invade Que? (AGS 060) [military and political]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [From this day, the 10th day of this month ..., to the ...th day of the month, ... of this year, for] 30 [days and nights, my stipulated term] — (4) [within] this stip[ulated term, will the Kuzzurakeans, or] the Tabaleans, or [the Cilicians, strive and pl]an? [Will they take the road] from wh[ere they are and in]vade Que [......]? (8) Does your great divinity know it? [Is the invasion ......] of Kuzzurak [......] or of the Tabaleans, [or of the Cilicians ......] to Que decreed [and confirmed] in a favorable…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0208
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — ACT 0208. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
BM 090824
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — BM 090824. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 00162
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 00162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 00931
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 00931. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04095
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 04095. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04097
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 04097. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04126
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 04126. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04155
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 04155. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 04165
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 04165. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
CBS 10176 + CBS 10808
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CBS 10176 + CBS 10808. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
Iraq 29, 125
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — Iraq 29, 125. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
Iraq 62, 051 JRL 1073
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — Iraq 62, 051 JRL 1073. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
ADART 5, 057
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — ADART 5, 057. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
JCS 01, 250, F106
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — JCS 01, 250, F106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
MCT 034, CBS 01535
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — MCT 034, CBS 01535. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0104
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0104. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0141
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0141. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0142
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0142. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0144
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0144. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0145
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0145. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0151
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0151. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0155
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0155. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0174
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0174. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics
ACT 0186
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Hellenistic (323-63 BC)) — ACT 0186. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Astronomy & Mathematics