AD -171B (X201712)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -171B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201712 |
| Museum no. | BM 40119 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Year] 140, month V, night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon 2 was 1 1/2 cubits ... η Piscium. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] The 18th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in the beginning of Leo [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Night of the 19th,] last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Arietis. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The 19th, the north wind blew. Night of the 20th, last part of the [night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 2/3 cubit [below?] η Tauri, it stood [...] in front of Ju[piter] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | to the west. The 20th, gusty north wind. Ni[ght of the 21st,] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [last part of the night, the moo]n was 3 [cubits] above α Tauri, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | it stood [nn] cubits [in front of Mars] to the west. The 21st, the nor[th? wind ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Night of the 2]2nd, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below β Tau[ri,] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | the moon having passed a little to the east [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [...] Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the m[oon ...] |
| Left [1:4] l.e. 22– | [...] 1 cubit [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | That month, the 11th, The commander of the troops of [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | entered Babylon. The 13th, to the temple [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | he made 6 sacrifices to Bēl (and) Bēltiya, the great gods ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | of the kings. That day, he entered the Akītu temple. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | In? front of Ištar of Babylon (and) the crowns? of the great gods |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | which are set up in it, he performed 3 sacrifices for Bēl, Bēltiya, Ištar of Babylon, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the great gods, and for the life of the kings, and prostrated himself. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'– | The xth, he went out from <Babylon and to> |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | Seleucia, the royal city which is on |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | the Tigris and the royal canal. |
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 40 NE GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 2 | ⸢x MUL₂⸣-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | [x] 18 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina SAG-A ŠU₂ [x (x)] | |
| 4 | [GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-⸢SAG⸣-[HUN] | |
| 5 | [N N] 19 SI GIN GE₆ 20 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [sin] | |
| 6 | [SIG] ⸢MUL₂⸣.MUL₂ 2/3 KUŠ₃ ina IGI ⸢MUL₂⸣.[BABBAR] | |
| 7 | [N N] ana ŠU₂ GUB 20 SI ŠAR₂ ⸢GE₆⸣ 21 | |
| 8 | [ina ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ e is-le₁₀ 3 [KUŠ₃ ina IGI] | |
| 9 | [AN N] KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB 21 ⸢SI⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 10 | [GE₆] 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG ŠUR-[GIGIR-ša₂-SI] | |
| 11 | [N N] sin i-ṣa ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ [x x (x)] | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ITU BI U₄ 11.KAM₂ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} KUR [URI{ki} ...] | |
| 2' | ana E{ki} KU₄-ub U₄ 13.KAM₂ ana E₂.[SAG.IL₂ KU₄-ub] | |
| 3' | 6 SISKUR.SISKUR{meš} ana {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ DINGIR{meš} GAL{meš} ⸢u⸣ [ana bul-ṭu] | |
| 4' | ša₂ LUGAL{meš} DU₃-uš U₄ BI ana E₂-U₄.1.KAM₂ KU₄-ub | |
| 5' | ⸢ina⸣ IGI ša₂ {d}INNIN TIN.TIR{ki} AGA{meš} DINGIR{meš} GAL{meš} | |
| 6' | ⸢ša₂⸣ ina lib₃-bi šak-nu 3 SISKUR.SISKUR ana {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ {d}{m}NIN TIN.⸢TIR⸣{ki} | |
| 7' | ⸢DINGIR⸣{meš} GAL{meš} u ana bul-ṭu ša₂ LUGAL{meš} DU₃-uš uš-kin-nu | |
| 8' | ⸢U₄⸣ x.KAM₂ TA <E{ki} ana> | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | {[uru]}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a URU LUGAL-u₂-⸢tu⸣ ša₂ ana muh-hi | |
| 2 | {id₂}IDIGNA u ID₂ LUGAL E₃ | |
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