AD -375C (X103753)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -375C |
|---|---|
| ID | X103753 |
| Museum no. | BM 32333 + 32420 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... The 5th?, overcast?; [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...], it stood 2 cubits in front of Venus to the west. The 8th, in the afternoon, a little thunder [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] the night, rain DUL. The 9th, gusty west wind; cold. From the 5th to the 8th, the ri[ver level ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...]; the 9th and the 10th, the river level rose 4 fingers. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... moonset to sunrise: 1°?. The 12th, overcast, rain DUL. Mercu[ry ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] Aries 2 cubits 8 fingers. ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [...] ... sunset to moonrise?: 13°; [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ...; wool, 2 mi[nas ...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [That month], a bitch gave birth, and (the young’s) front feet [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Month XII₂, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 3]0th (of the preceding month), the moon’s first appearance; sunset to moonset: 14°. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 10 fingers in front of Pleiades [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Night of the 3rd, be]ginning of the night, the moon was 1 2/3 cubits in front of α Tauri; much lightning flashed continuously in the north. [... Night of the 4th, beginning of the night,] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [the moon was] 2 cubits [... ] ζ Tauri; last part of the night, clouds were in the sky. The 4th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 5th, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the river level receded 8 fingers. The 7th, Venus’ last appearance in the east in the beginning of Aries. The 7th, equinox; I did not [watch. ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Night of the 10th, beginning] of the night, the moon was 1 cubit 8 fingers behind α Leonis. The 10th, around noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo ... [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] Night of the 11th, first part of the night, the moon was surrounded by a halo. The 11th, the river level receded 4 fingers. [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] first part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit behind β Virginis; last part of the night, [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x 5 ŠU₂ x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... ina] IGI dele-bat 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB 8 ina ⸢KIN⸣.SIG GU₃ U i ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ AN DUL 9 MAR ŠAR₂ ŠED₇ TA 5 EN 8 ⸢ILLU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 9 10 ILLU 4 SI GIN GE₆ 11 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x ŠU₂ 12 ŠU₂ AN DUL GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢LU⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ 8 SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina 13 ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x SIG₂⸣ 2 ⸢MA⸣.[NA ...] | |
| 2' | [... ITU] ⸢BI⸣ SAL.UR U₃.TU-ma ⸢GIR₃⸣ IGI{meš} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [DIR.ŠE] 30 sin IGI 14 na GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 10 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [GE₆ 3 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ GIR₂ MAH ina SI GIR₂.⸢GIR₂⸣ [... GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆] | |
| 5' | [sin x] ⸢ŠUR⸣-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA 4 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 5 [...] | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢ILLU⸣ 8 SI LAL 7 dele-bat ina NIM ina SAG LU ŠU₂ 7 LAL₂-tu₂ NU [PAP ...] | |
| 7' | [GE₆ 9 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI 10 AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 11 USAN sin TUR₃ NIGIN₂ 11 ILLU 4 SI LAL [...] | |
| 9' | [...] USAN sin ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-UR 2/3 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
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