BagM Beih. 02, 084 (P363348)
Astral sciences, Achaemenid, Uruk · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | BagM Beih. 02, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363348 |
| Museum no. | HD: W 20030,142 |
| Collection | Heidelberger Orientalisches Seminar, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] on the night of the 13th, on the night of the 20th [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] (Mercury) appeared on the 19th. On the 27th, moonrise-to-sunrise was 14°. That month [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | At that time, Venus and Mercury were in the Lion, Mars was in the Scorpion. [...] that were sold for profit in the land. Alternatively [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | In Ululu (Month 6), the 1st (day followed the 30th). Sunset-to-moonset was 18°. On the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th the sun [...] in [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | On the 5th, the White Star (Jupiter) appeared behind the lone star in front of the Furrow. [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Around the 12th and 13th, Mercury set in the east in the Furrow. [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | On the night of the 14th, sunset-to-moonrise was 3;30°. On the night of the 15th from the day [...] (the river) rose 4 cubits. On the night of the 17th, in the dawn watch, the Moon [...] behind the Chariot. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | On the night of the 21st, 1 ... was born and [...] were in conjunction 3 cubits below the King. On the night of the ... [...] (Saturn) appeared behind the Furrow. Saturn was 1 cubit high to the north. [...]. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 13'13'– | Mustard was [...], sesame was 1 sūtu (per shekel of silver), [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | At that time [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x ⸢GE₆ 13 GE₆⸣ n+20 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 19(@v)@v IGI 27 14 NA ITI ⸢BI⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | i-nu-šu₂ dele-bat <u> GU₄.U₄ ina UR.A AN ina GIR₂.⸢TAB⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ša₂ ina KUR a-na GANBA SUM{nu} KI.MIN [...] | |
| 5' | KIN 1 18 NA 1 2 3 4 20 ina ⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | 5 {mul₂}BABBAR ar₂ e-du ša₂ IGI ABSIN ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ina(BAR) 12 KI 13 GU₄.U₄ ina NIM ina ABSIN ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 8' | GE₆ 14 3.30 GE₆ GE₆ 15 ina U₄ [...] | |
| 9' | 4 KUŠ₃ DU GE₆ 17 U₄.ZAL U₄.ZAL 30 ar₂ ⸢GIGIR⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | GE₆ 21 1 LIL₂ IGI U₃.TU-ma [...] | |
| 11' | KI.TA {mul₂}LUGAL 3 KUŠ₃ LAL₂ GE₆ n+20 [...] | |
| 12' | ar₂ ABSIN IGI 1 KUŠ₃ GENNA ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | ka-⸢si⸣ x [ŠE].GIŠ.I₃ 1(BAN₂) [...] | |
| r | ||
| 6' | i-nu-šu₂ [...] | |
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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