AD -287 (X102870)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -287 |
|---|---|
| ID | X102870 |
| Museum no. | BM 32622 |
| 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'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, [the moon was ... ϑ Leonis ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... cu]bits. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above [γ Virginis ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night of the 14th,] beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Librae [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] first part of the night, Venus was 2 cubits below α Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night of the 20th?, fir]st part of the night, Venus was 1 1/2 cubits above Jupiter [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... gusty wind, clouds crossed the sky; in? the af[ternoon?, ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] rain, but the sandal was not removed. Night of the 22+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... rain, but the sandal was not removed; in the afternoon, thun[der ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 13°. The 28th, Mars’ last appearance in Gemini. The 29th, [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... x]+1 pānu 1 sūtu; cress, 1 pānu; sesame, 3 sūtu 2 qa; w[ool, ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Vir]go; the 28th, Mars’ last appearance in Gemini. That month, the river level 8? [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...] (blank) [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [Month II, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ... Night of the 2nd, the moon was nn] cubits [in front of β Geminorum]. The 2nd, in the afternoon, a section of a r[ainbow ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [... Night of the 3rd, the moon was] 2 cubits [... δ Canc]ri. Night of the 6th?, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [... Night of the 8th, beginning] of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit [in front of a] Librae; first part of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'– | [...] ... 1 cubit. Night of the 10+[xth, ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... kings Seleucus and Anti]ochus. |
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' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆⸣ [sin x GIŠ.KUN-A ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ⸢e⸣ [DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN ...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 14 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] USAN dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 20 ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat e MUL₂.BABBAR 1 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ IM ŠAR₂ DIR AN DIB <ina> ⸢KIN⸣.[SIG ...] | |
| 7' | [...] AN E.SIR₂ NU TUH GE₆ 22+[x ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ AN E.SIR₂ NU TUH ina KIN.SIG ⸢GU₃⸣ [U ...] | |
| 9' | [...] 27 13 KUR 28 ⸢AN⸣ ina MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ 29 [...] | |
| 10' | [...]+1 1(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 1 PI ŠE.GIŠ 3(BAN₂) 2 qa ⸢SIG₂⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢ABSIN⸣ 28 AN ina MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ ITU BI ILLU 8 [...] | |
| 12' | [...] [...] | |
| 13' | [GU₄ 1 ... GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ N] KUŠ₃ 2 ina KIN.SIG bu-tuq ⸢TIR⸣.[AN ...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin [...] | |
| 15' | [... GE₆ 8 SAG] GE₆ sin ina IGI DELE-⸢ša₂⸣-[IGI-ABSIN ...] | |
| 16' | [... GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI RIN₂]-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 11+[x ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-uk-su LUGAL{meš} | |
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