SpTU 4, 171 (P348764)
Astronomical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348764 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:3] r i 2'2'–r i 4'4' | [...]. On 15 [...] it retrograded to the east. On 28 Tašritu (Month VII) it set at the tip [of] Pabilsag's arrow. On 4 Kislimu (Month VIII) it (re-)appeared at the end of Pabilsag's arrow. In intercalary Addaru (Month XII/1) it became stationary in Pabilsag. I did not observe (it). |
| Reverse Column i [3:5] r i 5'5'–r i 6'6' | In year 29, on 1 Duʾuzu (Month IV) it became stationary 1 1/2 cubits above the bristles of Pablisag's arrow. From (day) 10 it retrograded to the east. |
| Reverse Column i [5:7] r i 7'7'–r i 8'8' | On 21 Ululu (Month VI) it set in the middle of Pabilsag. On 27 Arahsamnu (Month VIII) it (re-)appeared opposite Pabilsag's chariot box. |
| Reverse Column i [7:9] r i 9'9'–r i 10'10' | In year 30, in Nisannu (Month I) at the start of the month it became stationary 3 cubits <...> the 4 stars in the ... of Pabilsag.1 On about (day) 10 it retrograded to the west. |
| Reverse Column i [9:13] r i 11'11'–r i 14'14' | In Tašritu (Month VII) it became stationary 20 5/6 cubits below the small star of Pabilsag, 3 cubits above the chariot box, and retrograded to the east. On 14 Arahsamnu (Month VIII) it set above Pabilsag's chariot box. On 2 Kislimu (Month IX) it (re-)appeared. |
| Reverse Column i [13:15] r i 15'15'–r i 16'16' | In year 31, on (about) 20 Nisannu (Month I), it became stationary 5 cubits in front of the Goatfish. From (day) 20 it retrograded to the west. On 20 Abu (Month V) it became stationary at the tip of Pabilsag's arrow. |
| Reverse Column i [15:18] r i 17'17'–r i 19'19' | On (about day) 10 [...] it retrograded to the east. [...] ... Arahsamnu (Month VIII) [...] at the start [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r i | ||
| 2' | [...] 15 ana NIM⸣ LA₂{is} DU₆ 28 ina KIR₄ šil-tah | |
| 3' | [x] PA.BIL.<SAG> ŠU₂ GAN 4 ina TIL šil-tah ša₂ PA.<BIL>.SAG IGI | |
| 4' | DIRI.ŠE DIRI.ŠE ina {mul}PA.BIL.SAG UŠ NU PAP | |
| 5' | MU 29(@v)@v ŠU 1 ana tar-ṣi {mul}za-ap-pi šil-tah | |
| 6' | ša₂ PA.BIL.SAG 1.1/2 KUŠ₃ UŠ TA 10 ana NIM LA₂{sa} | |
| 7' | KIN 21 ina MURU₂ PA.BIL.<SAG> ŠU₂ APIN 27 | |
| 8' | ina IGI ka-lak-ku ša₂ PA.BIL.<SAG> IGI | |
| 9' | MU 30 BAR ina SAG ITI 3 KUŠ₃ 4 MUL-ME | |
| 10' | ina x-ME ša₂ PA.BIL.SAG UŠ in TA 10 | |
| 11' | ana ŠU₂ LA₂ DU₆ 20.5/6 KUŠ₃ šap-lat MUL₂ TUR | |
| 12' | ša₂ PA.BIL.SAG 3 KUŠ₃ e-lat ka-lak-ku | |
| 13' | UŠ u ana NIM LA₂{is} APIN 14 e-lat | |
| 14' | ka-lak-ku ša₂ PA.BIL.<SAG> ŠU₂ GAN 2 IGI | |
| 15' | MU 31 BAR in 20 5 KUŠ₃ ina IGI SUHUR.MAŠ | |
| 16' | UŠ TA 20 ana ŠU₂ LA₂{sa} NE 20 ina ap-pi | |
| 17' | šil-tah ša₂ PA.BIL.SAG UŠ TA 10 [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢ana⸣ GIŠ.⸢NIM LA₂⸣ [...] DIRI ⸢APIN⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | ana ⸢SAG⸣ [...] | |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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