AD -170D (X201704)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -170D |
|---|---|
| ID | X201704 |
| Museum no. | BM 32143 |
| 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, [kings] Antiochus and [Antiochus.] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month V, night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: 7° 30', measured. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 16th, the north wind blew. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 2 1/2 cubits below β Arietis, |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55– | [the moon being] ⸢x⸣ cubits [...] Night of the 18th, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] 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 41.KAM₂ {m}an u {[m}an LUGAL{meš]} | |
| 2 | NE GE₆ 16 7.30 GE₆ muš | |
| 3 | 16 SI GIN GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 4 | ⸢SIG⸣ MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | [sin] ⸢x KUŠ₃⸣ [ana x x] ⸢GE₆ 18 | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] GIN | |
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