AD -167A (X201671)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -167A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201671 |
| Museum no. | BM 34000 |
| 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 | [Y]ear 144, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | month II, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), night of the 15th (and) the 15th, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | clouds were in the sky, α gusty west wind blew. Night of the 16th |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (and) the 16th, clouds were in the sky, α gusty north wind blew. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | ??? 7th, the north wind blew. Night of the 18th, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits below [g/d] Capricorni, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon having passed 1/2 cubit |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | to the east. The 18th, Venus’ |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | first appearance in the east in the end of Taurus; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | it was bright (and) high, rising of Venus to sunrise: 9° 30'; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | (ideal) first appearance on the 16th; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | the north wind blew. The 19th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
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 44.KAM₂ | |
| 2 | GU₄ 30 GE₆ 15 15 | |
| 3 | DIR AN ZA MAR ŠAR₂ GIN GE₆ 16 | |
| 4 | 16 DIR AN ZA SI ŠAR₂ GIN | |
| 5 | 17 SI GIN GE₆ 18 | |
| 6 | ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SUHUR [x] | |
| 7 | 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | ana NIM DIB 18 dele-bat | |
| 9 | ina NIM ina TIL MUL₂.MUL₂ IGI | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KUR NIM-a 9.30 | |
| 2 | na-su in 16 IGI | |
| 3 | SI GIN 19 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
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