AD -299 (X102990)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -299 |
|---|---|
| ID | X102990 |
| Museum no. | BM 37477 |
| 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 | [...] became visible. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1 cubit 8 [fingers] behind Venus [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] ... Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind [δ Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1/2 cubit [in front of] η Piscium [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night of the 12th, ... the moon was ... be]low? α Arie[tis ...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1't.e. 1'–t.e. 1't.e. 1' | [...] from month VIII of year 12 [...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 2'2'–t.e. 2'2' | [... ye]ar 12 [...] |
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 | [...] IGI GE₆ 2 sin ⸢ar₂⸣ dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ 8 [SI ...] | |
| 2 | [...] GE₆ GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ [MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N ...] | |
| 3 | [... GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂]-⸢KUR⸣-ša₂-DUR-ša₂-nu-nu 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 4 | [... GE₆ 12 ... sin] ⸢SIG⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-⸢HUN⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ TA APIN MU.12.⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢MU⸣.12.⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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