AD -372E (X103725)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -372E |
|---|---|
| ID | X103725 |
| Museum no. | BM 35212 + 77235 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] Night of the 12th? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] thunder, rain DUL. The 15th, rain [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The 17th, the sun was surrounded by a halo. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was [... Jupiter ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | became stationary 1 cubit behind α Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | 1 cubit 8 fingers. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, Mars was be[low ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The 29th, the sun was surrounded by a halo, the sun set in ... Night of the 30th (and) the 30th, rain PI[SAN ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | 4? sūtu 3 qa, at the en[d of the month ...] 4 1/2 qa; dates, 2 pānu 2 sūtu, at the end of the mo[nth, ...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [...] ... [...] Mars was in Leo; Mercury was in Sagittarius; Venus [...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1b.e. 1– | Diar[y] for year 32 of A[rses ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Month XI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month); sunset to moonset: 16°; cl[ouds, I] did not see [the moon]. Night of the 1st (and) the 1st, clouds were in the sky [... the moon was] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] behind α Arietis; last part of the night, Mercury was [...] below β Capricorni [... Night of the 8th, first part of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 1/2 cubit behind α Tauri, it stood [...] in front of Ju[piter] to the west, the moon being 1 cubit [... Night of the 10th, first part of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 2 cubits behind μ Geminorum. The 10th, in the af[ternoon, ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 1°; clouds, I did not watch; last part of the night, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits behind Mars [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind α Virginis. The 18th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... Night] of the 21st, last part of the night, Mars, while moving back to the west, was [...] above ρ Leonis [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] Night of the 24th, the 24th (and) the 25th, clouds were in the sky. The 26th, [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] That month, the equivalent (of 1 shekel of silver was): barley, 4 sūtu, in the midd[le of the month, ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... At that time, Jupiter was in] Taurus; Venus was in Sagittarius, at the end of the month [in Capricorn ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... fr]om the middle of the sky to the nor[th? ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] towards the star ... [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [Di]a[ry ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x] x [x] ⸢x GE₆⸣ 12+[x ...] | |
| 2' | [x] GU₃ U AN DUL 15 ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | 17 šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ [... MUL₂.BABBAR ...] | |
| 4' | 1 KUŠ₃ ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-GU₄.AN ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ AN ⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | 29 šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ šamaš₂ ina ⸢x⸣ ŠU₂ GE₆ 30 30 AN ⸢PISAN⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | 4(BAN₂) 3 qa ina ⸢TIL⸣ [ITU x] 4 1/2 qa ZU₂.LUM 2(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) ina TIL ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [x x] x [...] AN ina UR.A GU₄.UD ina PA ⸢dele-bat⸣ [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN⸣.[NUN ša₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e ša₂ MU.32.KAM₂ {m}⸢ar₂⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ZIZ₂ 1 16 na ⸢DIR⸣ [... sin] ⸢NU⸣ IGI GE₆ 1 1 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [... sin] | |
| 2 | ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN.⸢GA₂⸣ [x x x ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ GU₄.UD SIG SI-MAŠ₂ [... GE₆ 8 USAN sin] | |
| 3 | ar₂ is-le₁₀ 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI ⸢MUL₂⸣.[BABBAR ... ana ŠU₂] ⸢GUB⸣ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana⸣ [... GE₆ 10 USAN sin] | |
| 4 | ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 KUŠ₃ 10 ina ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | GE₆ 14 1 ME DIR NU PAP ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ AN 3 1/2 KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ 18 x [...] | |
| 7 | [x x x GE₆] 21 ina ZALAG₂ AN ana ŠU₂ ina LAL-šu₂ e MUL₂-TUR-⸢ša₂⸣-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL ...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 24 24 25 DIR AN ZA 26 [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI KI.LAM še-im 4(BAN₂) ina ⸢MURUB₄⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | [... i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina] ⸢GU₄⸣.AN dele-bat ina PA ina TIL ITU [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢TA⸣ MURUB₄ AN-e ana ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [...] ana muh-hi MUL₂ x [...] | |
| 13 | [...] x x [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [EN.NUN] ša₂ ⸢gi⸣-[ne₂-e ...] | |
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