AD -278A (X102781)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -278A |
|---|---|
| ID | X102781 |
| Museum no. | Rm 740 |
| 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 [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] 20 fingers [...] α [Librae? ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... first] part of the night, Mercury was 2 [cubits] below Venus [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] 7° na of Mercury. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... Night of the 12th, first part of the night, Sat]urn entered the moon. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, [the moon was ... in front of β Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... Night of the 14th, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [in front of γ Capri]corni. The 14th, Sirius? [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] Geminorum 8 fingers. Night of the 17th, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [Diar]y from [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'– | [...] year 33 [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Diar]y from [...] |
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 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ša₂-ULU₃ 20 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD SIG dele-bat 2 [...] | |
| 5 | [...] 7 na ša₂ GU₄.UD GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin [...] | |
| 6 | [... GE₆ 12 USAN] ⸢GENNA⸣ ana ŠA₃ sin KU₄ GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ [sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ ...] | |
| 7 | [... GE₆ 14 sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂]-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 14 {mul₂}KAK.⸢BAN⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | [...] MAŠ.MAŠ 8 U GE₆ 17 [...] | |
| 9 | [...] DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [EN.NUN] ša₂ gi-⸢ne₂⸣-e ša₂ TA [...] | |
| 2' | [...] MU.33.KAM₂ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢e ša₂ TA⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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