AD -361 (X103610)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -361 |
|---|---|
| ID | X103610 |
| Museum no. | BM 37073 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | Diary from month X [...] |
| Top [1:3] t.e. 22– | [At the command of Bēl] and Bēltiya may it be well. |
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [... year 43] of Arses, who is [called] king Artaxerxes [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] Mars being [...] back to the east. Night of the 3rd (and) the 3rd, rain shower ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... Night of the 5th, beginning] of the night, the moon [stood] 2 cubits 8 fingers behind Saturn to the east [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] cubits. Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was behind Ju[piter ...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55– | [... the moon] having passed to the east, [it stood] 1 cubit in front of Mars [to the west ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Arses, who [is called] king Artaxerxes |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Diary] from month X to the end of month XII₂, year 43 [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] Hand of Uballissu-Bēl, son of Bēl-apla-[...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [ina a-mat {d}EN] u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | |
| o | ||
| 1 | [... MU 43.KAM₂ {m}ar-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL [...] | |
| 2 | [...] AN ana NIM LAL GE₆ 3 3 AN UTAH ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [... GE₆ 5 SAG] GE₆ sin ar₂ GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ 8 SI ana ⸢NIM⸣ [GUB ...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ ⸢MUL₂⸣.[BABBAR ...] | |
| 5 | [... sin N N ana] ⸢NIM DIB⸣ ina ⸢IGI AN 1 KUŠ₃⸣ [ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ar₂-šu₂ ša₂ {m}⸢ar₂-tak-šat-su LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e] ša₂ TA AB EN TIL DIR.ŠE MU.43.[KAM₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ŠU{ii} {m}TIN-su-{d}EN DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}EN-A-[MU ...] | |
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