AD -391 (X103910)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -391 |
|---|---|
| ID | X103910 |
| Museum no. | BM 47735 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] Month XII₂, year 13. |
| Top [1:3] t.e. 22– | [...] Asalluhi. |
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] who is called Artaxerxes. Month XII2, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month); the moon? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... became visib]le?. Night of the 1st, last part of the night, clouds were in the sky, gusty south wind. The 1st, the sun rose in a black cloud. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] ... from the 24th of month XII to the 1st, the river level receded 1/2 cubit. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] gusty [... wind;] last part of the night, a meteor flashed in the south from east to west. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] it thundered once. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...;] (ideal) first appearance on the 24th of month XII. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] northern star of [...] 1 cubit 5 [fingers.] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... clouds] were in the sky. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] DIR.ŠE MU 13 | |
| 2 | {[d}SILIM]-⸢mu⸣ {d}asar-lu₂-hi | |
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ša₂ {m}ar-tak-šat-su⸣ MU-šu₂ SA₄-u₂ DIR.ŠE 30 sin [x x] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ GE₆ 1 ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA ULU₃ ŠAR₂ 1 šamaš₂ ina DIR GE₆ KUR | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ TA 24 ša₂ ŠE EN 1 ILLU 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL | |
| 4 | [...] ŠAR₂ ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂ GAL A₂ ULU₃ TA KUR ana MAR ŠUR | |
| 5 | [... {d]}IM 1-en GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB | |
| 6 | [... na]-⸢su⸣ ina 24 ša₂ ŠE IGI | |
| 7 | [...] ša₂ SI 1 KUŠ₃ 5 [SI] | |
| 8 | [... DIR] AN ZA | |
Sources & licences
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