AD -375A (X103751)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -375A |
|---|---|
| ID | X103751 |
| Museum no. | BM 45673 |
| 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 14th, sunset to moonrise: 5° 40' .... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o? 2'2'–o? 2'2' | [...] Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of α Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o? 3'3'–o? 3'3' | [...]+1 2/3 cubits. The 21st, Mercury in the west ... its last appearance? o[mitted; ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o? 4'4'–o? 4'4' | [Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was ...], ..., it stood 2 cubits in front of Saturn to the west. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, Venus [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o? 5'5'–o? 5'5' | [...] clouds were in the sky. That month, the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver was): barley, 1 pānu 4 sūtu 3? qa, at the end of the month, 2 pānu? [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o? 6'6'–o? 7'7' | [... At that time, Jupiter was in] Capricorn, at the end of the month, in Aquarius; Venus was in Leo, at the end of the month, in Virgo; Saturn was in Virgo; Mer[cury and Mars, which had set, were not visible.] |
| Obverse [6:7] o? 7'7'–o? 7'7' | [Month VIII, ... clouds] were in the sky. Night of the 2nd (and) the 2nd, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 3rd (and) the 3rd, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 4th(or: 5th) [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o? 8'8'–o? 8'8' | [... Night of the] 6th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, Venus was [...] above α Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o? 9'9'–o? 9'9' | [..., last part of the ni]ght, Venus was 3 fingers below Saturn, Venus ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o? | ||
| 1' | [...] x GE₆ 14 5.40 ⸢GE₆ x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI [N N ...] | |
| 3' | [...]+1 2/3 KUŠ₃ 21 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ UD.DA ŠU₂-šu₂ ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN N] ⸢SI⸣ ina IGI GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ dele-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] DIR AN ZA ITU BI KI.LAM še-im 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa ina TIL ITU 2(BARIG) ⸢PI⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina] MAŠ₂ ina TIL ITU ina GU dele-bat ina UR.A ina TIL ITU ina ABSIN GENNA ina ABSIN GU₄.[UD u AN ša₂ ŠU₂{meš} NU IGI{meš]} | |
| 7' | [APIN ...] ⸢AN ZA⸣ GE₆ 2 2 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 3 3 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 4 [...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆] 6 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e SA₄-⸢ša₂⸣-[ABSIN ...] | |
| 9' | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ dele-bat SIG GENNA 3 SI ⸢dele-bat⸣ x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x [...] | |
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