AD -381B (X103812)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -381B |
|---|---|
| ID | X103812 |
| Museum no. | BM 47725 |
| 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 Column i [2:3] i 3'3'–i 3'3' | [... Ni]ght of the 6th?, beginning of the night, |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] i 4'4'–i 4'4' | [... Ni]ght of the 8th, beginning of the night, |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] i 5'5'–i 5'5' | [... nn] cubits 8 fingers. Night of the 10th, |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] i 6'6'– | [... o]f the south |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] ii 2'2'–ii 2'2' | when I watched I did not see it. From? [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] ii 3'3'–ii 3'3' | the equivalent (of 1 shekel of silver was): barley, 1 pānu 1 sūtu 2 [qa ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] ii 4'4'–ii 4'4' | 2 pānu 5 sūtu 3 qa, at the end of the month 3 pānu 1 sūtu; mustard, 1 pānu 5 sūtu ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 5'5'–ii 5'5' | wool, 2 minas. At that time, Jupiter was in Cancer, at the end of the month, in Leo; Ve[nus ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] ii 6'6'–ii 7'7' | Saturn and Mars, which had set, were not visible. That month, [there] was a small attack of locusts [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [6:8] ii 7'7'– | Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 27°, (the moon) could be seen while the sun stood there; earthshine; the moon was 20 fingers behind α Leonis, behind Jupi[ter ...] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:1] iii 1iii 1–iii 1iii 1 | Jupiter was 1/2 cubit in front of α Leonis, Jupiter having passed 4 fingers to the east. Night of the 3rd, the moon was |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 22–iii 22 | 1 1/2 cubits behind β Virginis; last part of the night, Venus was 5 [fingers?] behind η Geminorum, [Venus being] |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] iii 33–iii 33 | [...] low [to the sou]th. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind γ Virginis [... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] iii 44–iii 44 | 1 1/2 cubits [behind] α Virginis; last part of the night, Venus was [...] below μ Geminorum. |
| Obverse Column iii [4:6] iii 55– | [Night of the 6th, beginning of the night,] the moon was [...] in fr[ont? of] α Librae [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 5 SAG GE₆ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 8 SAG GE₆ | |
| 5' | [... N] KUŠ₃ 8 SI GE₆ 10 | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ ULU₃ | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ki PAP NU ⸢IGI TA⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | KI.LAM še-im 1(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 2 [qa ...] | |
| 4' | 2(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) 3 qa ina TIL ITU 3(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) ⸢ka-si⸣ 1(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) sah⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | SIG₂ 2 ma i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ALLA ina TIL ITU ina UR.A dele-[bat ...] | |
| 6' | GENNA u AN ša₂ ŠU₂-u NU IGI{me} ITU BI ZI-ut BURU₅ ⸢i ZI⸣-[a ...] | |
| 7' | ŠU 1 27 na ina šamaš₂ GUB IGI AGA a-pir sin ar₂ LUGAL 20 SI ar₂ MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ [...] | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | MUL₂.BABBAR ina IGI LUGAL 1/2 KUŠ₃ MUL₂.BABBAR 4 SI ana NIM DIB GE₆ 3 sin ⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [GIR₃-ar₂]-ša₂-UR.A 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat ar₂ MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit-MAŠ.MAŠ 5 [SI dele-bat N N] | |
| 3 | [ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [... GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 4 | [ar₂] ⸢SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG ⸢MUL₂⸣-[ar₂-ša₂-še-pit-MAŠ.MAŠ N N] | |
| 5 | [GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆] sin ina ⸢IGI RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃⸣ [...] | |
| iv | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
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