AD -261A (X102611)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -261A |
|---|---|
| ID | X102611 |
| Museum no. | BM 41690 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart1 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | Month II, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), [sunset to moonset:] 12° [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Night of the 8th, first part of the night, Mercury was [... above η Geminorum ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [α Virginis ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 8° 50'. Night of the 1[5th, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The 16th, Sirius’ last appearance. Night of the 17th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | 1 2/3 cubits [...] Capricorni [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | That [month,] the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver was): ba[rley, ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... on the ... [... Mars was ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | in the middle of the month, in Cancer. Th[at month, ...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | That month, Paini ... [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 9° 30'; mist, when I watched [I did not see the moon ... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | 1 cubit 4 fingers behind α Scorpii. Night of the 6th, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was [... behind β Capricorni ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 11°. The 13th, 2° [... Night of the 15th, last part of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] below α Arietis [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | last part of the night,, the moon was [...] in front of [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [... year 5]0, Antiochus, the great king [...] |
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' | GU₄ 30 12 [...] | |
| 2' | GE₆ 8 USAN GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ ...] | |
| 3' | GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN ...] | |
| 4' | 14 8.50 ŠU₂ GE₆ 15 [N GE₆ ...] | |
| 5' | 16 KAK.BAN ŠU₂ GE₆ 17 ⸢USAN⸣ [dele-bat ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢SUHUR⸣-MAŠ₂ 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [ITU] BI KI.LAM ⸢še⸣-[im ...] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ in ⸢x x⸣ [... AN ...] | |
| 2' | ina MURUB₄ ITU ina ALLA ⸢ITU⸣ [BI ...] | |
| 3' | ITU BI {m}pa-i-ni LU₂ [...] | |
| 4' | KIN 30 9.30 a-kam₂ ki ⸢PAP⸣ [NU IGI ... GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 5' | ar₂ SI₄ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 U GE₆ 6 [...] | |
| 6' | GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin [ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ ...] | |
| 7' | 12 11 ŠU₂ 13 2 [... GE₆ 15 ina ZALAG₂ sin] | |
| 8' | SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-⸢HUN⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ⸢ina⸣ ZALAG₂ ⸢sin ina IGI MUL₂⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [... MU] 50.KAM₂ {m}an LUGAL GAL-⸢u⸣ [...] | |
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