AD -166A (X201661)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -166A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201661 |
| Museum no. | BM 45782 |
| 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 1]45, month VIII, the 1[3th, Saturn’s first appearance in ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | rising of Saturn to sunrise: [nn°]; (ideal) first appearance on the 11th. The 13th, moonset to [sunrise:] 12°? [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] sunrise to moonset: 20'; clouds, I did not watch. Night of the 15th, moonrise to sunset: 1°; clouds, [I did not watch?.] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: 19°; measured (despite) clouds. Night of the 19th?, clouds [...] the sky; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [last part of the ni]ght, the moon was 1 cubit behind γ Cancri. The 19th, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Night] of the 20th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of α Leonis. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [The 2]0th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 21st, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, very overcast, gusty north wind; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit below ρ Leonis, the moon being 1/2 cubit to [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... clou]ds were in the sky. Night of the 22nd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [β] Virginis. The 22nd, clouds were in the sky, gusty wind. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Night of the 2]3rd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ Virginis. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The 23rd, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 24th, all ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] last part of the night, the moon was surrounded by a halo which was not closed [...] |
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⸣ 45.KAM₂ {itu}APIN 13 [GENNA ina x IGI] | |
| 2 | [N] na-su in 11 IGI 13 12 ⸢ŠU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [x] 20 NINDA na DIR NU PAP GE₆ 15 1 ME DIR [NU PAP] | |
| 4 | GE₆ 16 19 GE₆ DIR muš GE₆ 19 DIR AN [x x] | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-SI 1 KUŠ₃ 19 [x x] | |
| 6 | [GE₆] 20 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI LUGAL 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 7 | 20 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 21 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ⸢ŠAR₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂ sin⸣ SIG MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-ar₂-LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana [x x] | |
| 9 | [x] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA GE₆ 22 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI | |
| 10 | [GIR₃-ar₂]-ša₂-A 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 22 DIR AN ZA IM ⸢ŠAR₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [GE₆] 23 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-⸢ABSIN⸣ | |
| 12 | [N N] 23 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 24 kal ⸢GE₆⸣ [x] | |
| 13 | [x x] ina ZALAG₂ sin TUR₃ NU KAD₂ NIGIN [x x] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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