AD -329A (X103291)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -329A |
|---|---|
| ID | X103291 |
| Museum no. | BM 36777 |
| 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' | [...] 1/2 cubit, [...] having passed 4 fingers to the east. [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above α Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Saturn,] when it became stationary [to the east, ...] below β Arie[tis ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Mercury's] last appearances in the east in Leo. Night of the 10th, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... Night of the 1]4th, moonrise to sunset: 8° 30'; overcast ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was ...] α Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [...] the 21st, ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'– | [Di]ary from month V of year 7 until the end of month VIII [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] to the end of month VIII of year 7. |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 1/2 KUŠ₃ [x] 4 SI ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin e SI₄ [N N ...] | |
| 4' | [... GENNA ana NIM] ⸢ki⸣ UŠ-u₂ SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-⸢SAG⸣-[HUN N N ...] | |
| 5' | [... GU₄.UD ina] ⸢NIM⸣ ina UR.A ŠU₂ GE₆ 10 [...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆] 14 8.30 ME ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin x] ⸢MUL₂⸣-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-⸢HUN⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 8' | [...] 21 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [EN.NUN ša₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e ša₂ TA {itu}⸢NE⸣ MU 7.KAM₂ EN TIL {itu}⸢APIN⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢EN TIL {itu}APIN MU 7.KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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