AD -367 (X103670)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | AD -367 |
|---|---|
| ID | X103670 |
| Museum no. | BM 40122 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] δ Cancri |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] was surrounded by a halo, it billowed very much. Night of the 12th, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] the river level receded 4 fingers. Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] measured (despite) [mist]; when the moon came out from the mist, a little more than half |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [of the disc was eclipsed ...] it cleared on the north-west side; 1,7° onset, totality and clearing; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... when?] it had cleared, Jupiter came out; (the eclipse began) at 10° before sunset |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] The 16th, the river level - remainder? 2 cubits - [...] 3 cubits 20 fingers |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] being back to the west. The 18th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 19th, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] ... The 22nd, clouds crossed the sky. From |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [...] ... stood 3 cubits behind Saturn to the east. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... from] the 23rd to the 26th, the river level [...] 20 fingers. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... clouds] crossed the sky. The 28th, solar eclipse |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [which was omitted ...] 5 sūtu; cress, 4 sūtu; se[same,] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [... was in] Aries; Mercury, which [had set, was not visible] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] gusty wind, clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... be]ginning of the night, the moon |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] ... The 28th |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] 4 fingers [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] gusty? [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢MUL₂-ar₂⸣-ša₂-⸢ALLA⸣-ša₂-ULU₃ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN₂ ma-diš iq-tur₇ GE₆ 12 | |
| 5' | [...] ILLU 4 SI LAL GE₆ 14 SAG GE₆ | |
| 6' | [... a-kam₂] ⸢muš⸣ sin TA a-kam₂ ki E-a al 1/2 i | |
| 7' | [TAG₄ ...] ⸢SI⸣ u MAR ZALAG₂ 1.7 GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ | |
| 8' | [... ki] ⸢iz⸣-ku-u₂ MUL₂.BABBAR E-a ina 10 UŠ ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 9' | [...] 16 ILLU 2 KUŠ₃ ba-ab 3 KUŠ₃ 20 SI | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ana ŠU₂ LAL⸣ 18 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 19 | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 22 DIR AN DIB TA | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ar₂ GENNA 3 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... TA] 23 EN 26 ILLU 20 SI | |
| 2 | [... DIR] ⸢AN⸣ DIB 28 AN.KU₁₀ ⸢šamaš₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [...] 5(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 4(BAN₂) ŠE.[GIŠ.I₃] | |
| 4 | [... ina] HUN.GA₂ GU₄.UD ša₂ [ŠU₂-u₂ NU IGI] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ IM ŠAR₂ DIR AN ZA | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin | |
| 8 | [...] 28 | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | [...] 4 SI⸣ [x x] | |
| 11 | [...] ŠAR₂ | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.