AD -170E (X201705)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -170E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201705 |
| Museum no. | BM 34562 |
| 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, his son. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month VII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 9°, measured. The 1st, the north wind blew. Night of the 2nd, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the moon was 2 cubits behind α Scorpii. The 2nd, the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind ϑ Ophiuchi. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Night of the 6th, the moon was 4 cubits below β Capricorni, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | to the east. Night of the 7th, the moon was 2 cubits in front of γ Capricorni, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon being 1 cubit low to the south. The 7th, Mercury’s first appearance |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [in the east] in Libra, Mercury was 2/3 cubit behind Venus, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [Mercury being ...] high to the north; it was bright (and) high, |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | [...] (ideal) first appearance ... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | 2/3 cubit [... β Tau]ri. The 15th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Night of the 16th,] beginning of the night, the earth quaked; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | ??? [last part] of the night, the moon was 2 cubits above η Geminorum, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west, 2 cubits above Jupiter, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 16th, 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 41.KAM₂ {m}an u {m}an A-šu₂ LUGAL{meš} | |
| 2 | DU₆ 1 9 na-su muš 1 SI GIN GE₆ 2 | |
| 3 | sin ar₂ SI₄ 2 KUŠ₃ 2 SI GIN GE₆ 3 | |
| 4 | sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | GE₆ 6 sin SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 4 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | ana NIM DIB GE₆ 7 sin ina IGI SUHUR-IGI | |
| 7 | 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 7 GU₄.UD | |
| 8 | [ina NIM] ina RIN₂ GU₄.UD ar₂ dele-bat 2/3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 9 | [GU₄.UD N N] ⸢ana SI⸣ NIM IGI KUR ⸢NIM⸣-a | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x⸣ IGI ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x ŠUR-GIGIR]-⸢ša₂⸣-SI 2/3 KUŠ₃ 15 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 3' | [GE₆ 16 SAG GE₆ KI-ti₃ i-nu-uš | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5' | sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL e MUL₂.BABBAR 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6' | sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 16 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
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