AD -418B (X104182)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -418B |
|---|---|
| ID | X104182 |
| Museum no. | VAT 4936 |
| 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 5 of] Umakuš who is called Darius. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Month VIII ...] the moon became visible; sunset to moonset: 20'; earthshine. The 1st, thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 2nd, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Venus was] 1 2/3 cubits above α Virginis; I did not watch. Night of the 2nd, the moon |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | was 1 2/3 cubits in front of Mars. The 2nd, thin clouds were in the sky. The 5th, the 6th, thin |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | clouds were in the sky. Night of the 7th, clouds were in the sky. The 7th, a few thin clouds were in the sky. Night |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | of the 8th, thin clouds were in the sky; the moon was surrounded by a halo. The 8th, all day many clouds |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | crossed the sky; the sun was surrounded by a halo. Night of the 9th, first part of the night, the moon was surrounded by a halo, it was open to the south; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Saturn stood inside the halo towards the east. The 9th, all day many thin clouds |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] the sun was surrounded by a halo. Night of the 10th, middle part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit below Saturn |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | [...] ... in the morning |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... Night of the] 26th?, last part of the night, the moon had passed 5? cubits behind Venus? to the east. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: <...> |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Diary for month VIII, year 5 |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | of king Darius. |
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 | [MU 5.⸢KAM₂⸣ {m}u₂-ma-kuš ša₂ {m}da-a-ri-muš MU-šu₂ SA₄ | |
| 2 | {[itu}APIN N] sin IGI 20 na AGA a-pir 1 DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 2 | |
| 3 | [dele-bat] e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ NU PAP GE₆ 2 sin | |
| 4 | ⸢ina IGI⸣ AN 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ 2 DIR SAL AN ZA 5 6 DIR SAL | |
| 5 | AN ZA GE₆ 7 DIR AN ZA 7 DIR SAL i AN ZA GE₆ | |
| 6 | 8 DIR SAL AN ZA sin TUR₃ NIGIN₂ 8 kal ME DIR MAH | |
| 7 | AN DIB šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN GE₆ 9 USAN sin TUR₃ NIGIN₂ ana ULU₃ BAD | |
| 8 | GENNA ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ ana NIM GUB 9 kal ME DIR SAL MAH | |
| 9 | [AN ZA] šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ GE₆ 10 MURUB₄ sin SIG GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10 | [...]⸢x x⸣ ina še-ri₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]⸢x ABSIN x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x x] 26 U₄.ZAL sin ar₂ dele-bat 5 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB | |
| 3' | 27 KUR | |
| 4' | EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ {itu}APIN MU 5.KAM₂ | |
| 5' | {m}da-a-ri-ia-a-muš LUGAL | |
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