AD -463 (X104630)
Astronomical Diary, Achaemenid, Uruk · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AD -463 |
|---|---|
| ID | X104630 |
| Museum no. | W. 20030/142 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
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? 1'o? 1'–o? 1'o? 1' | [...] ... Night of the 20[+xth, ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o? 2'2'–o? 2'2' | (Mercury’s) first appearance (in the east) [around] the 19th. The 27th, moonrise to sunrise!!: 14°. That month, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o? 3'3'–o? 3'3' | At that time, Venus <and> Mercury were in Leo; Mars was in S[corpius? ...] |
| Obverse [3:5] o? 4'4'–o? 5'5' | which were sold in the land (for one shekel of refined silver). ...[...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o? 5'5'–o? 5'5' | Month VI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month); sunset to moonset: 18°. The 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, and the 4th, the sun [rose? (or: set)] in a [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o? 6'6'–o? 6'6' | The 5th, Jupiter’s first appearance behind γ Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o? 7'7'–o? 7'7' | Around the 12th or the 13th, Mercury’s [last] appearance in the east in Virgo. [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o? 8'8'–o? 8'8' | Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 3° 30'. Night of the 15th, ... [... the river level] |
| Obverse [8:9] o? 9'9'–o? 9'9' | rose 4 cubits. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was behind the Ch[ariot? ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o? 10'10'–o? 10'10' | Night of the 21st, one ... gave birth to [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [10:11] o? 11'11'–o? 11'11' | balanced 3 cubits below α Leonis. Night of the [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o? 12'12'–o? 12'12' | (Saturn’s) first appearance, behind Virgo, Saturn being 1 cubit high to the north. [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o? 13'13'–o? 13'13' | cress, [nn]; [se]same, 1? sūtu; [...] |
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' | [...] x x x GE₆ 20+[x ...] | |
| 2' | [ina] 19 IGI 27 14 na ITU ⸢BI⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | i-nu-šu₂ dele-bat <u> GU₄.UD ina UR.A AN ina ⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB ...] | |
| 4' | ša₂ ina KUR a-na KI.LAM SUM-nu KI.MIN [...] | |
| 5' | KIN 1 18 na 1 2 3 4 šamaš₂ ina ⸢a⸣-[kam ...] | |
| 6' | 5 MUL₂.BABBAR ar₂ e-du-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ina 12 ki 13 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ABSIN ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 8' | GE₆ 14 3.30 GE₆ GE₆ 15 ina UD x [... ILLU] | |
| 9' | 4 KUŠ₃ GIN GE₆ 17 U₄.ZAL sin ar₂ ⸢GIGIR⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | GE₆ 21 1 LIL₂ ŠI U₃.TU-ma [... GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin] | |
| 11' | KI.TA {mul₂}LUGAL 3 KUŠ₃ LAL₂ GE₆ 20+[x ...] | |
| 12' | ar₂ ABSIN IGI 1 KUŠ₃ GENNA ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | ka-⸢si x⸣ [ŠE].⸢GIŠ⸣.I₃ 1 (BAN₂) [...] | |
| 14' | x [...] | |
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