AD -273A (X102731)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -273A |
|---|---|
| ID | X102731 |
| Museum no. | BM 32319 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Night] of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below ϑ Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] stood to the east; last part of the night, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind α [Virginis ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night of?] the 12th, clouds crossed the sky, wi[nd ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... The 12th, the sun? ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] 2/3 cubit [...] Jupiter to the [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... k]urru; cress, 2 sūtu 3 qa; sesame, ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] Saturn was in Aquarius; Mars was in Sagittarius. That month, the river level [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... to the en]d of month VI, year 38, [kings] An[tiochus] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | and S[eleucus.] |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆] 8 SAG ⸢GE₆ sin⸣ SIG GIŠ.[KUN-A ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ana NIM GUB ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ ⸢SA₄⸣-[ša₂-ABSIN ...] | |
| 5' | [...] 12 DIR AN DIB ⸢IM⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 12 20 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GUR⸣ sah-le₁₀ 2(BAN₂) 3 ⸢qa ŠE⸣.GIŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] GENNA ina GU AN ina ⸢PA⸣ ITU BI ⸢ILLU⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢TIL⸣ KIN MU.38.KAM₂ {m}an-[ti-ʾu-ku-su] | |
| 5' | u {m}⸢se⸣-[lu-ku LUGAL{meš]} | |
Sources & licences
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