AD -171A (X201711)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -171A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201711 |
| Museum no. | BM 34756 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] (traces) [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] clouds were in the sky. The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 12° 30'; clouds, I did not watch ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... clou]ds were in the sky, the south wind blew. That month, the equivalent was: barley, in the beginning of the mo[nth, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... mon]th, 1 kurru 2 pānu 3 sūtu; mustard, 3 kurru 2 pānu 3 sūtu; cress, 3 pānu; sesame, 5 sūtu; wool, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Venus, in the beginn]ing of the month, was in Pisces; around the 9th, Venus last appearance in the west in Aries; Mercury, in the beginning of the month, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] the 16th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Aries; Jupiter, which had set, [was not visible ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] rose [nn] fingers, total: 21 was the na na-gauge; from the 11th to the 10+xth, [...] |
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' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA 28 12.30 KUR DIR NU PAP ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ITU BI KI.LAM še-im ina SAG ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ 1 GUR 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) kas₃ 3 GUR 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 3(BARIG) ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 5(BAN₂) SIG₂ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ ITU ina zib{me} in 9 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina HUN ŠU₂ GU₄.UD ina SAG ITU [...] | |
| 6' | [...] 16 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina HUN ŠU₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ša₂ ŠU₂-⸢u₂⸣ NU IGI [...] | |
| 7' | [...] U GIN PAP 21 na TA 11 EN 10+⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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