AD -342B (X103422)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -342B |
|---|---|
| ID | X103422 |
| Museum no. | BM 35536 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | in the west in [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | 1 kur 1 pānu 5 sât 3? [qa ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | ... 30 ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | α Leonis? [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the moon [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | The 14th, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | 1 cubit [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | last part of the night, the moon was behind [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | when it became [stationary?] to the west [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | last p[art? of the night ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] a rainbow on the nor[th] side [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Night of the 28th, clouds crossed the sky. That month, [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Jupiter was in Scorpius, at the end of the month in Sagittarius; Venu[s ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Month X, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 18°; earthshine; the moon was in front of [γ Capricorni ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | until the 6th, the river level rose 2 cubits. Night of the 7th, beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | The 8th, the 9th, the river level receded 8 fingers. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the river level rose 1 cubit. Night of the 12th, be[ginning of the night, ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 50 ninda; clouds, I did not [watch. ...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | [...] last part of the night, the moon was be[hind ...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | Year 16 of king? Umakuš [...] |
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' | ina ŠU₂ ina [...] | |
| 3' | 1(GUR) 1(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) 3 [qa ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢KIN⸣ 30 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | LUGAL [...] | |
| 6' | x [...] | |
| 7' | sin [...] | |
| 8' | 14 [...] | |
| 9' | 1 KUŠ₃ x [...] | |
| 10' | ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ [...] | |
| 11' | ana ŠU₂ ki ⸢UŠ⸣-[a ...] | |
| 12' | ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] TIR.AN A₂ ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | GE₆ 28 DIR AN DIB ITU BI [...] | |
| 3' | MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB ina TIL ITU ina PA.BIL dele-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | AB 30 18 AGA a-pir sin ina IGI MUL₂-[IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ ...] | |
| 5' | EN 6 ILLU 2 KUŠ₃ GIN GE₆ 7 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | 8 9 ILLU 8 SI LAL GE₆ 10 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ILLU 1 KUŠ₃ GIN GE₆ 12 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆ ...] | |
| 8' | 14 50 NINDA ŠU₂ DIR NU [PAP ...] | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin ⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | MU 16.KAM₂ {m}u₂-ma-kuš ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
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