AD -171C (X201713)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -171C |
|---|---|
| ID | X201713 |
| Museum no. | BM 31847 |
| 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 140, [kings] Antiochus and Antiochus, his son. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 10°. Night of the 2nd, [the moon was] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 1 1/2 cubits [... Venus,] the moon being 3 cubits low to the south. Around the 2nd, J[upiter’s acronychal rising.] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 5th, the moon was 2 cubits behind β Capricorni, the moon being 3 cubits [low to the south.] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The 5th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 6th, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits below δ Capricorni. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 6th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 7th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The 7th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | all night very overcast, strong gusty north wind. The 8th, all day clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [Night] of the 9th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 9th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Night of the 1]0th, the moon was 2? cubits in front of η Piscium, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | low [to the sou]th; all night clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [The 10th, in the morn]ing?, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 11th, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [the mmoon was] 3 cubits [below] β Arietis, the moon being 1/2 cubit |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [... The 1]1th, moonset to sunrise: 7° 10', measured. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... moonrise] to sunset: [nn], measured (despite) clouds; first part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 3 cubits [...]; last part of the night, thin clouds were in the sky, gusty south wind. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] measured (despite) clouds; clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] thin [clouds] were in the sky; around noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [its gate] was open [to the ...] Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 1°, measured (despite) clouds. |
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.KAM₂ {m}an u {m}an ⸢A⸣-[šu₂ LUGAL{meš]} | |
| 2 | {itu}APIN 1 10 UŠ na-su GE₆ 2 [sin x dele-bat] | |
| 3 | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG in 2 ⸢MUL₂⸣.[BABBAR ana ME E-a] | |
| 4 | GE₆ 5 sin ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 KUŠ₃ ana [ULU₃ SIG] | |
| 5 | 5 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 6 sin SIG SUHUR-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 6 | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 6 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 7 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 7 | 7 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 8 DIR AN ZA | |
| 8 | ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ŠAR₂ KALAG 8 kal ME DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 9 | [GE₆] 9 DIR AN ZA SI GIN 9 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 10 | [GE₆] 10 sin ina IGI DUR-nu-[nu] 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 11 | [ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG kal GE₆ DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 12 | 10 ina še]-⸢ri₃⸣ DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 11 | |
| 13 | [sin SIG] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 3 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 14 | [ana x x] 11 7.10 ŠU₂ muš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ME⸣ DIR muš USAN sin | |
| 2 | [...] 3 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ DIR SAL AN ZA ULU₃ ŠAR₂ | |
| 3 | [...] DIR muš DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN | |
| 4 | [x x DIR] ⸢SAL⸣ AN ZA AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN | |
| 5 | [KA₂-šu₂ ana x] BAD GE₆ 14 1 GE₆ DIR muš | |
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