AD -338 (X103380)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -338 |
|---|---|
| ID | X103380 |
| Museum no. | BM 48063 + 48069 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 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 | [...] called [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] ... overcast, rain shower ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] being 4 fingers back to the west. [Ni]ght of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of δ Cancri [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] 2 cubits [...] α Leonis. [Night of the 8th, be]ginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of β Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... Night of the 11th, be]ginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of α Virginis, it was surrounded by α halo [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] the sun was surrounded by α halo, clouds crossed the sky. The 12th, in the afternoon, overcast, rain shower. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... r]ain so that the sandal was removed, gusty north wind. Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 12° 30'; clouds [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] 1+[x] cubits. The 14th, <moonset to sunrise:> 2° 30'; measured (despite) clouds; the sun rose in a black cloud; overcast, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... last part of the night,] α Scorpii came close to the north horn of the moon. The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 2°; clouds [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [... Ni]ght of the 17th, very overcast, rain DUL. The 17th, in the morning, [rain] sho[wer ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] flashed continuously in the east. The 18th, very overcast; in the after[noon, ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] stretched to the south and east [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] cubits. The 20th, clouds crossed the sky [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] receded 6 fingers. Night of the 23rd, last [part of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] ... Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in [front of η Piscium ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] gusty [sou]th wind, rain DUL. Night [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] 2? pānu, at the end of the month, 2 pānu 2? sūtu [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [... At] that time, Jupiter [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] were bought?. At that time, [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] That month, the river level 1 [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'– | [Diary from] month I to month IV, year [20] of Umakuš, who [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Diary fr]om month I to the end of month IV, year 20 of U[makuš who ...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | is called [...] |
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 | [...] ⸢MU⸣-šu₂ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [x] ŠU₂ AN UTAH ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] 4 SI ana ŠU₂ LAL ⸢GE₆⸣ 5 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-[ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 4 | [...] LUGAL 2 KUŠ₃ [GE₆ 8 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ina IGI GIR₃-ar₂-tu₂-ša₂-⸢UR⸣.[A N N ...] | |
| 5 | [... GE₆ 11 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ina IGI ⸢SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ [...] | |
| 6 | [...] šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ DIR AN DIB 12 ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ AN UTAH ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ še-ni TUH SI ŠAR₂ GE₆ 14 12.30 ME DIR [...] | |
| 8 | [...] 1+[x] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 14 2.30 <x> DIR muš ⸢šamaš₂ ina⸣ DIR GE₆ KUR ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 9 | [... ina ZALAG₂] SI₄ ana SI sin ša₂ SI TE 15 2 na DIR [...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 17 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN DUL 17 ina še-ri₃ [AN] ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [...] u KUR GIR₂{me} 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [...] ana ULU₃ u KUR ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | [...] KUŠ₃ 20 DIR AN DIB [...] | |
| 14 | [...] 6 SI LAL GE₆ 23 ina [ZALAG₂ ...] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina [IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu N N ...] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ ŠAR₂ AN DUL GE₆ [...] | |
| 17 | [...] 2 PI ina TIL ITU 2(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 18 | [... i]-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR [...] | |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... KU₃.BABBAR qa-lu]-u₂ i-nu-šu₂ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ITU BI ILLU 1 [...] | |
| 4' | [EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA] BAR EN ŠU ⸢MU⸣.20.⸢KAM₂⸣ {m}u₂-ma-kuš ša₂ {m}[...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂] ⸢TA⸣ BAR EN TIL ŠU MU.20.KAM₂ {m}⸢u₂⸣-[ma-kuš ša₂ ...] | |
| 2 | MU-šu₂ SA₄-[u₂] | |
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