AD -166B (X201662)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -166B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201662 |
| Museum no. | BM 35651 |
| 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 145 [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | all night clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | thick rain, PISAN D[IB ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | very overcast, gusty south wind. Night of the 2nd, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | much thunder, rain DUL [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the south wind blew. Night of the 3rd, very overcast [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [nn] cubits back to the west. The 3rd, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [Night of the 4th?, ve]ry overcast; the moon was [...] above [...,] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | [the moon] having passed [... to] the east [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | it thundered slowly twice or thrice [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Night of the 10th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | 1 cubit, the moon being 1 [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the south wind blew. Ni[ght ...] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'– | total: 11 [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | Night of the 3rd, first part of the night, [...] |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | 2/3 cubit to [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MU 1 ME 45.⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | kal GE₆ DIR AN [...] | |
| 3 | AN kab-bar PISAN ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ GE₆ 2 [...] | |
| 5 | GU₃ U MAH AN DUL [...] | |
| 6 | ⸢ULU₃⸣ GIN GE₆ 3 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 7 | [N] KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 3 [...] | |
| 8 | [GE₆ 4 ⸢ŠU₂⸣.ŠU₂ sin e MUL₂ [...] | |
| 9 | [sin N N ana] ⸢NIM DIB⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x] DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 3' | 2-šu₂ 3-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ⸢ne₂⸣-[hi ŠUB ...] | |
| 4' | GE₆ 10 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 [...] | |
| 6' | ULU₃ GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ILLU ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | PAP 11 [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | GE₆ 3 ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | 2/3 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana⸣ [...] | |
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