AD -168E (X201685)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -168E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201685 |
| Museum no. | BM 33991 |
| 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 143, king Antiochus. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month IX, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14°, measured (despite) clouds; clouds were in the sky. Around the 2nd, Mercury’s |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [last appearance] in the west [in Capricorn. The 3rd?, clou]ds were in the sky. The 4th, clouds crossed the sky; in the morning, two |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [sections] of a rainbow stretched on the north and west side. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] stretched? was not loosened?; the south wind blew. Night of the 7th, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [the moon was] 3 1/2 cubits [below η ] Piscium. The 7th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] ... was surrounded by a halo, rain shower; at sunset, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] much rain, a little PISAN DIB. Night of the 8th, clouds crossed the sky. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] a little PISAN DIB. The 8th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] clouds were in the sky. Night of the 10th, very overcast. The 10th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111– | [...] 2+[x] cubits. The 11th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] came out |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] δ Cancri |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] before sunrise |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] measured. The 14th, clouds were in the sky |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 5°, measured (despite) clouds; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [last part of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits below ε Leonis, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | to the east. That month, the river level |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | from the 1st to the 13th rose 2 cubits, |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'– | total: 15 was the na na-gauge; the 14th (and) the 15th, it receded 8 fingers, |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | total: 17 was the na na-gauge. |
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 43.KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾu-uk-su LUGAL | |
| 2 | ⸢GAN 30 14 na-su DIR muš DIR AN ZA in 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ | |
| 3 | [ina MAŠ₂ ŠU₂ 3 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA 4 DIR AN DIB ina še-ri₃ 2-ta | |
| 4 | [bu-tuq-tu₄] {d}TIR.RA.AN A₂ SI u MAR ⸢GIB⸣{meš} | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIB NU TUH ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 7 | |
| 6 | [sin SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢DUR⸣-nu-nu 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ 7 DIR AN ZA | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ TUR₃ NIGIN AN UTAH ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ MAH PISAN i DIB GE₆ 8 DIR AN DIB | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢PISAN⸣ i DIB 8 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA GE₆ 10 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 10 DIR AN ZA | |
| 11 | [...] 2+[x] KUŠ₃ 11 DIR AN ZA | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢in⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] E-a | |
| 3' | [... MUL₂]-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ ana ZALAG₂ 14 | |
| 5' | [...] muš 14 DIR AN ZA | |
| 6' | [...] GE₆ 15 5 GE₆ DIR muš | |
| 7' | [ina ZALAG₂ sin] SIG SAG-A 3 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8' | ⸢ana NIM⸣ DIB ITU BI ILLU | |
| 9' | TA 1 EN 13 2 KUŠ₃ GIN | |
| 10' | PAP 15 na 14 15 8 SI LAL | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | PAP 17 na | |
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