AD -372B (X103722)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -372B |
|---|---|
| ID | X103722 |
| Museum no. | BM 36036 |
| 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 | [Month I, ...]; sunset to moonset: 1 double-hour (= 30°); the moon was 1 cubit in front of η Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...Ni]ght of the 2nd (and) the 2nd, overcast. The 2nd, equinox; I did not watch. Night of the 3rd, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] ... Night of the 5th, first part of the night, the moon was [...] behind β Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] cubits. Night of the 9th, clouds were in the sky. The 9th, gusty wind [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Night of the 12th, first part of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits [behind] α Virginis. Night of the 13th, [moonrise to sunset:] 13°. [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66– | [...] ... Saturn’s acronychal rising; [I did] not? [watch ...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'– | [...] of year 32 of Arses who [is called] Artaxerxes [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] of year 32 of Arses who [is called] Artaxerxes [...] |
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 | [...] 1 KAS.<BU> na sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 2 2 ŠU₂ 2 LAL₂-tim NU PAP GE₆ 3 [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 5 USAN sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] KUŠ₃ GE₆ 9 DIR AN ZA 9 IM ŠAR₂ [...] | |
| 5 | [... GE₆ 12 USAN sin ar₂] ⸢SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 13 13 [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x GENNA ana ME E-a ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] U₂ x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] U₂ ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ MU.32.KAM₂ {m}ar₂-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ar-[tak-šat-su ...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ša₂ MU 32.KAM₂ {m}ar₂-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ar-tak-šat-[su ...] | |
Sources & licences
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