AD -381C (X103813)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -381C |
|---|---|
| ID | X103813 |
| Museum no. | BM 33478 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Year 24? of ...x]šu who is called king Artaxerxes. Month VII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the prededing month); ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... a shooting star?] flashed to the south-west; ist light was seen on the ground. Night of the 6th, last part of the night, Venus was above α Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... the moon was] 2/3 cubit behind δ Capricorni, it was set to its northern horn [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 + x cubits in front of ζ Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55– | [...] ... Night? of the 19th?, last part of the night, the moon was in front? of ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] was surrounded by a halo; rain shower. The xth, the sun was surrounded by a halo, it billowed very much. [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] was balanced 6 fingers [above/below] δ Cancri. That month, the quivalent (of 1 shekel of silver) was: barley, [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... mi]nas. At that time, Jupiter was in Leo; Venus and Mercury were in Taurus; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] the land Saminê, a famous city of the land Kupru, which for making [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'– | [...]sundu of the land Iamuniammu which the king made [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Month I], the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month); sunset to moonset: 24° 30'; dense clouds so that I did not see the moon. |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | Diary from month VII to the end of month XII2 [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [MU 23.KAM₂ {m}...]-šu₂ ša₂ {m}ar-tak-šat-su LUGAL MU-šu₂ SA₄-u₂ DU₆ 1 [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ana ULU₃ u MAR ŠUR UD.DA-su ina KI IGI GE₆ 6 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e ⸢SA₄⸣-[ša₂-ABSIN ...] | |
| 3 | [... GE₆ 9 ... sin] ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana SI-šu₂ ša₂ SI GIN [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 1 2/3 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... sin] ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN₂ AN ⸢UTAH x šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂⸣ ma-diš iq-⸢tur₇⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GENNA ...] ⸢MUL₂⸣-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 6 SI LAL₂ ITU BI KI.LAM še-⸢im⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina UR.A dele-bat u GU₄.UD ina GU₄.AN GENNA ina ALLA ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] KUR sa-mi-ne₂-e URU SIG-u₂ ša₂ KUR ku-up-ru ša₂ ana DU₃ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ su-un-du KUR ia-a-mu-un-ia-am-mu ša₂ LUGAL ⸢DU₃-uš⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [BAR] 1 24.30 na DIR KALAG-ma sin NU IGI | |
| 2 | EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA DU₆ EN TIL DIR.ŠE [...] | |
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