AD -263 (X102630)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -263 |
|---|---|
| ID | X102630 |
| Museum no. | BM 41012 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'o 1'–o 5'5' | (traces) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] crossed the sky. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was 5 cubits above α Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Night] of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [nn] cubits behind β Tauri; first part of the night, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Ni]ght of the 13th, overcast, rain PISAN DIB, ..., wind [...] clouds [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 5° 30'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky [...] clouds, I did not watch [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | solstice; I did not watch. Night of the 15th, moonrise to sunset: 11° 10' (expected); clouds, I did not [watch ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 8° 20'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky. Night of the 1[6th, ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [last part of the night,] the moon was 1 cubit in front of ε Leonis, 2/3 cubit below Mars [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [Night] of the 17th, [last part of the] night, the moon was [...] in front of ρ Leonis, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | it stood 1/2 cubit [in front of] Jupiter to the west. The 18th, Saturn’s acrony[chal rising.] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2/3 cubit behind β Virginis [...] acronychal rising of Mars in front? of |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the m]oon was [...] behind γ Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... Night] of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α [Virginis ...] |
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 | ||
| 6' | [(x) DIR] ⸢AN⸣ DIB GE₆ 11 ⸢SAG GE₆⸣ sin e is-le₁₀ 5 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [GE₆] 12 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-⸢SI⸣ [N] KUŠ₃ ⸢USAN DIR AN⸣ [x] | |
| 8' | ⸢GE₆⸣ 13 ŠU₂ AN PISAN DIB ⸢x⸣ IM [...] DIR ⸢AN⸣ [x] | |
| 9' | 14 5.30 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP DIR AN DIB [x x x] DIR NU PAP [...] | |
| 10' | {d}UTU GUB NU PAP GE₆ 15 11.10 ME DIR ⸢NU⸣ [PAP ...] | |
| 11' | 15 8.20 na DIR NU PAP DIR AN DIB GE₆ 16 [...] | |
| 12' | [ina ZALAG₂] sin ina IGI SAG-UR 1 KUŠ₃ SIG AN 2/3 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 13' | [GE₆] 17 [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina IGI MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL [N N] | |
| 14' | [ina IGI] ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB 18 GENNA ana ⸢ME⸣ [E-a] | |
| 15' | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin] ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 2/3 KUŠ₃ [...] kal ME ša₂ AN ana IGI | |
| 16' | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN [N ...] | |
| 17' | [... GE₆] 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ ⸢SA₄⸣-[ša₂-ABSIN ...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
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