AD -283B (X102832)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -283B |
|---|---|
| ID | X102832 |
| Museum no. | BM 36757 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 28, Seleucus and Ant[iochus ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [nn fin]gers, Mercury being a little high to the north [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | ... cubits. Night of the 6th, last part of the night, thin clouds were in the sky. The 6th, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits behind α Arietis ... |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] clouds were in the sky. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] β Tauri ... [...] |
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 | ⸢MU⸣ 28.KAM₂ {m}se-lu-uk u {m}⸢an-ti⸣-[ʾu-uk-su ...] | |
| 2 | [N] ⸢SI⸣ i-ṣi GU₄.UD ana ⸢SI NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ KUŠ₃ GE₆ 6 ina ZALAG₂ DIR SAL AN ZA 6 [...] | |
| 4 | [sin] ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [x] DIR AN ZA GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [x] ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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