AD -170F (X201706)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -170F |
|---|---|
| ID | X201706 |
| Museum no. | BM 35111 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Top [0:2] t.e. 1t.e. 1– | [At the command of Bēl and] Bēltiya [may] it be well. |
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Year 1]41, kin[gs] Antiochus and Antiochus, his son [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] ... the north wind blew. Night of the 2nd (and) the 2nd, very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, very overcast [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] the north? wind blew. Night of the 4th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ [Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night] of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind δ Capricorni [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] all night clouds were in the sky. The 7th, rising of M[ercury? to sunrise:] 15° [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66– | [... the moon was] 2 cubits [... η] Piscium, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits [low] to the south [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Dia]ry from month [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] {⸢d}GAŠAN⸣-[ia₂ liš]-lim | |
| o | ||
| 1 | [MU 1 ME] 41.KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾu-uk-su u {m}an MIN A-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣{meš} [...] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 2 2 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 3 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢SI GIN⸣ GE₆ 4 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-[ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N ...] | |
| 4 | [x x x GE₆] 5 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 5 | [...] kal GE₆ DIR AN ZA 7 15 na ⸢GU₄⸣.[UD ...] | |
| 6 | [... DUR]-nu-nu 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ [SIG ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [EN.NUN ša₂] gi-ne₂-e ša₂ ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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