AD -322B (X103222)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -322B |
|---|---|
| ID | X103222 |
| Museum no. | BM 45962 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Mercu]ry was 2 1/2 cubits below β Geminorum. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of ϑ [Ophiuchi...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... fi]rst part of the night, Mercury was 14 fingers above Saturn ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] crossed the sky. The 21st, clouds crossed the sky. Night of the 22nd, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] 2 2/3 cubits; clouds were in the sky. The 24th, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] clouds crossed the sky. Night of the 27th, clouds crossed the sky. The 27th, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] stood [to] the east. The 29th, the king died; clouds [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ...; cress, 1 sūtu 4 qa; sesame, 3 1/2 qa [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Saturn was in Ge]mini, at the end of the month in Cancer; Mars was in Vir[go ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] the gate of Bēl [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GU₄].⸢UD SIG⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] GE₆ 14 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI ⸢MUL₂⸣-[KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-tah-PA.BIL N N ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD e GENNA 14 SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ DIB 21 DIR AN DIB GE₆ 22 DIR [...] | |
| 6' | [...] 2 2/3 KUŠ₃ DIR AN ZA 24 DIR AN [...] | |
| 7' | [...] DIR AN DIB GE₆ 27 DIR AN DIB 27 [...] | |
| 8' | [...] NIM GUB 29 LUGAL NAM{meš} DIR AN [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ sah-le₁₀ 1(BAN₂) 4 qa ŠE.GIŠ 3 1/2 qa [...] | |
| 10' | [... GENNA ina MAŠ].MAŠ ina TIL ITU ina ALLA AN ina ⸢ABSIN⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KA₂.GAL {d}EN [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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