AD -322C (X103223)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -322C |
|---|---|
| ID | X103223 |
| Museum no. | BM 45878 |
| 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] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] around noon, lightning [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] ..., in the middle of the month, 1 pānu 3 sūtu, at the end of the month, 5 sūtu; dates? [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... At that time, Jupite]r was in Cancer; Venus was in Taurus; Mars was in Virgo; Mercury (and) Sa[turn, which had set, were not visible ...] |
| Obverse [4:6] 5'5'–6'6' | [... in the middl]e of the month, (the river level) receded 1/2 cubit. |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] ... 1/2 cubit [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] AN.BAR₇ GIR₂ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 1(BARIG) N(BAN₂) ina MURUB₄ ITU 1(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ina TIL ITU 5(BAN₂) ZU₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [... MUL₂].⸢BABBAR⸣ ina ALLA dele-bat ina MUL₂.MUL₂ AN ina ABSIN GU₄.UD ⸢GENNA⸣ [ša₂ ŠU₂-u₂ NU IGI ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ ITU 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] |
Sources & licences
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