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AD -302 (X103020)

Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE

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Designation	AD -302
ID	X103020
Museum no.	BM 36399
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
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'	[... (the moon)] stood [nn cu]bits [behind ...] to the east. The 27th, ... [...]
Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3'	[... being] back [to the we]st. The 30th, equinox; I did not watch. That month, [...]
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'	[...,] minas. At that time, Jupiter was in Aries; Venus [...]
Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6'	[..., which] had set, was not visible. That month, the river level receded 4 fingers. [...]
Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6'	[... to] the end of month VI, year 9 [...]

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)
r
1'	[...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]
2'	[... sin ar₂ ... N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana NIM GUB 27 ⸢x⸣ [...]
3'	[... ana] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ LAL 30 LAL₂ NU PAP ITU BI [...]
4'	[...] MA.NA in₆-uš₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina HUN dele-bat [...]
5'	[... ša₂] ŠU₂-u NU IGI BI ILLU 4 U LAL [...]
6'	[...] ⸢TIL⸣ KIN MU.9.⸢KAM₂⸣ [...]

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