AD -164A (X201641)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -164A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201641 |
| Museum no. | BM 45804 + 45973 + 46038 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart2 · 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 147, [... month II, ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | the moon being 1 cubit low to the south; clouds? [... Night of the 2nd, the moon was] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 2 cubits above γ Geminorum, the moon [having passed] 1/2 cubit to the east [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 3rd, very overcast; beginning of the night, lightning flashed continuously, much? thunder [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind β Geminorum, the moon being 4? [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the north wind blew. The 4th, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, very overcast, a little rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [α Leonis ... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 1 cubit behind ρ Leonis, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [low to the south. Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 1 1/2 cubits [in front of] β Virginis, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south. The 8th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of γ Virginis, the moon being 3 cubits [low] to the south [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | the south wind blew. Night of the 10th, very overcast; beginning of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Mars stood inside the halo to the west; the south wind blew. The 10th, all day very overcast, the south wind blew [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | in the morning, a little rain shower, the north wind blew. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below α [Librae ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] in front of δ Scor[pii,] it stood [... in front of Jupiter] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | to the west, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south, it stood 3 cubits in front of Saturn to the west, ... [... first part of the night, Venus was] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | 1 1/2 cubits above? δ Cancri; clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. The 13th, [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 14°, measured (despite) clouds; clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew, ... [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 1°, measured ... [...] the south wind blew. Night of the 15th, [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | the south wind blew. The 15th, in the after[noon, ...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | [Night?] of the 17th, clouds [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Night of the 24th [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... The 2]4th?, the north wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] The 26th, the north wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] small locusts attacked [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] big locusts attacked, in [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the equivalent was: barley, in the be[ginning of the month, ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] ... 2 kurru 1 pānu 4 sūtu, at the end [of the month ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] 1 pānu? 4 sūtu; sesame, [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Jupiter and Sa]turn were in Scorpius; Venus was in [Cancer ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | (r 11') |
| Reverse [11:15] r 12'12'–r 15'15' | (r 12') |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Month III,] the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14°, it was bright; measured (despite) clouds; it was low to the sun [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] stood 1 1/2 cubits behind Mercury to the east [...] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'– | [...] x cubits [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] the 30th, lightning flashed [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] The 2nd, the north wind blew. Night [...] |
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 1 ME 47.KAM₂⸣ I[... GU₄ ...] | |
| 2 | sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG DIR [... GE₆ 2 sin] | |
| 3 | e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢NIM⸣ [DIB ...] | |
| 4 | GE₆ 3 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG GE₆ GIR₂ GIR₂.GIR₂ GU₃ U ⸢MAH⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 [...] | |
| 6 | SI GIN 4 SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i [...] | |
| 7 | sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [LUGAL N N ... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 8 | ar₂ MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI] | |
| 9 | GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢ULU₃ SIG 8 DIR AN ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI DELE-⸢ša₂-IGI-ABSIN⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG [...] | |
| 11 | ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 10 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | AN ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ULU₃ GIN 10 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN [...] | |
| 13 | ina še-ri₃ AN UTAH i-ṣa SI GIN GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin SIG ⸢RIN₂⸣-[ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 14 | 12 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-⸢MURUB₄⸣-[ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR N N] | |
| 15 | ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ina IGI GENNA 3 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ⸢x⸣ [... USAN dele-bat] | |
| 16 | ⸢e⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN 13 [...] | |
| 17 | GE₆ 14 14 ME DIR muš DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | 14 1 na muš ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢ULU₃⸣ GIN GE₆ 15 [...] | |
| 19 | ULU₃ GIN 15 ina ⸢KIN⸣.[SIG ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | [GE₆] 17 DIR [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 24 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 24 SI GIN GE₆ [...] | |
| 3' | [x x x] 26 SI GIN [...] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢BURU₅⸣ TUR.TUR ZI-[a ...] | |
| 5' | [x] ⸢BURU₅⸣ MAH ZI-a ina [...] | |
| 6' | [x x] KI.LAM še-im ina ⸢SAG⸣ [ITU ...] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ 2(GUR) GUR 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ina TIL [ITU ...] | |
| 8' | [x x x] 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ [...] | |
| 9' | [MUL₂.BABBAR u] ⸢GENNA⸣ ina GIR₂.TAB dele-bat ina [ALLA ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | {[itu}SIG] 1 14 na-su ⸢KUR₄⸣ DIR muš ana šamaš₂ ⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [x x x x] ar₂ GU₄.UD 1 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana NIM ⸢GUB⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] 30 GIR₂ ⸢GIR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] 2 SI GIN GE₆ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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