AD -168C1 (X201683)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -168C1 |
|---|---|
| ID | X201683 |
| Museum no. | BM 55584 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | […] ⸢1 kurru⸣ [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | At that time, Jupiter was in Leo; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Sagittarius, until the end of the [month …] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [… re]mained constant; from the 6th to the 12th, it rose 2/3 cubit, total: 2[7 was the na (gauge …] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | […] one inhabitant of Babylon, a jeweler, a brother of […] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | […] was entrusted with the office of [zazakku]. That day, gold […] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | […] this zazakku and the assembly of the goldsmi[ths …] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | […] made, and the god who is called Ammamiʾita […] ⸢x x⸣ [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | […] held and taken into the temple courthouse […] of the temple courthouse […] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | […] the temple administrator und the [temple] judges […] interrogated and convicted […] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | […] burnt. That month, property […] placed [in the old treasury] in the juniper garden, the representative [of the šatammu] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [of the E]sangila and the Babylonians, the assembly of the Esangila […] on the east wall of this treasury […] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | […] measured (despite) clouds […] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Diary […] of year 143, king Antiochus |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] 1 GUR x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... i-nu]-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina A dele-bat ina SAG ⸢ITU ina PA EN TIL⸣ [ITU ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣-uz TA 6 EN 12 2/3 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP 27 [...] | |
| 4' | [...] {lu₂}DUMU E{ki} {lu₂}KAB.SAR {lu₂}ŠEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}[ŠA₃.TAM ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ku⸣-u₂-tu₂ pe-eq-du U₄ BI KU₃.GI šul [...] | |
| 6' | [... {lu₂]}⸢za⸣-zak-ka a₄ u {lu₂}UKKIN ša₂ {lu₂}KU₃.⸢DIM⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢DU₃⸣{meš} u DINGIR ša₂ am-mi-i-ta-a MU-šu₂ MU-[ar₂ ...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... kul]-⸢lu⸣-mu ina E₂ {[lu₂]}DI.KUD ša₂ E₂ DINGIR{meš} ⸢DIB⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣{meš} ša₂ E₂ DINGIR{⸢meš⸣} [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣.TAM E₂.SAG.GIL₂ u {lu₂}DI.KUD{meš} ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [... i-ša₂]-lu-uʾ uk-tin-nu-⸢uʾ⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... qa]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ ITU BI bu-še-e [... {giš]}⸢KIRI₆⸣ {giš}LI GAR-uʾ ša₂ ana ku-⸢um⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... E₂.SAG].GIL₂ u {lu₂}E{ki}{meš} {lu₂}⸢UKKIN⸣ [...] I.ZI IM-3 ša₂ E₂ bu-še-e MU-a-[ti₃ ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ muš | |
| 13' | na-ṣar [...] ša₂ MU 1 ME 43.KAM₂ {m}an LUGAL | |
Sources & licences
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