AD -380A (X103801)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -380A |
|---|---|
| ID | X103801 |
| Museum no. | BM 35377 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [...] 1 cubit 6 fingers ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] 1 cubit; Venus was 18 fingers above the upper star of the head of the Scorpion ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] removed. Night of the 29th, first part of the night, rain DUL. That month, the equivalent [...] |
| Obverse [3:5] 4'4'–5'5' | [... J]upiter was in Virgo; Venus was in Libra, at the end of the month, in Scorpius; Saturn was in Leo [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... Ma]rs was 6 fingers in front of η Piscium, Mars being 8 [fingers ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] surrounded by a halo. Night of the 5th (and) the 5th, clouds crossed the sky. Night of the 6th, beginning [of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind α Ar]ietis. The 8th, overcast. Night of the 9th, beginning [of the night ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [... Night] of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [β/ζ] Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] rain shower; last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ 6 SI x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ dele-bat e MUL₂ AN ša₂ SAG GIR₂.TAB 18 SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] TUH GE₆ 29 USAN AN DUL ITU BI KI.LAM [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR ina ABSIN dele-bat ina RIN₂ ina TIL ITU ina GIR₂.TAB GENNA ina A [...] | |
| 5' | [AB ...] ⸢AN⸣ ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-SIM.MAH 6 SI AN 8 [SI ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN₂ GE₆ 5 5 DIR AN DIB GE₆ 6 SAG [GE₆ ...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂]-⸢ša₂⸣-SAG-HUN.GA₂ 1 KUŠ₃ 8 ŠU₂ GE₆ 9 SAG [GE₆ ...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆] 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] AN UTAH ⸢ina ZALAG₂ sin⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x [...] |
Sources & licences
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