AD -170B (X201702)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -170B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201702 |
| Museum no. | BM 37284 |
| 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 141, month II. Night of the 7th, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | the moon was 3 cubits below ϑ Leonis, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the moon having passed a little to the east. Night of the 8th, |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44– | the moon was [...] behind β Virgi[nis ...] |
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 41.KAM₂ GU₄ GE₆ 7 | |
| 2 | sin SIG GIŠ.KUN-A 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB GE₆ 8 | |
| 4 | sin ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-⸢ša₂⸣-[A ...] | |
Sources & licences
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