AD -171E (X201715)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -171E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201715 |
| Museum no. | BM 40574 |
| 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. [Month XII,2,] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Night of the 10th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 1 [cubit] in front of ϑ Leonis, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the moon being 2 cubits low to the south; all night clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 10th, clouds were in the sky, the east wind blew. Night of the 11th, thin clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of β Virginis, it stood 1 cubit in front of Saturn to the west. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Night of the 12th, the moon ws 3 cubits in front of γ Virginis. The 12th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Night of the 13th, the moon was 3 cubits in front of α Virginis. The 13th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 9°; measured (despite) clouds. The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 1°, measrued; clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The 14th, equinox; I did not watch. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 5°; first part of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 2 1/2 cubits in front of α Librae. The 15th, sunrise to moonset!: 5° 40', measured; the south wind blew; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 16th, clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of the head of Scorpius. The 16th, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit below α Scorpii, the moon having passed a little to the east. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | The 17th, the north wind which was set to the west side blew; cold. Night of the 18th, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | the north wind blew; cold; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cu[bits] below ϑ Ophiuchi, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | the moon having passed a little to the east. The 18th, gusty wind, |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717– | [... Night] of the 19th, all night clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | The river level from the 1st to the 6th receded 2/3 cubit, total: [nn was the na na-gauge; from] the 7th |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | to the 10th, it rose 1 cubit 8 fingers, total: 9 [was the na na-gauge; from the 11th t]o |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 14th, it receded 1/2 cubit, total: 12? was the na na-gauge; from the 15th to the 17th, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | it rose 1/2 cubit, total: 9 was the na na-gauge; from the 18th to the 20+[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 | MU 1 ME 40.KAM₂ {m}an u {m}an A-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣{meš} [DIR.ŠE (x)] | |
| 2 | GE₆ 10 DIR AN ZA sin ina IGI GIŠ.KUN-A 1 [KUŠ₃] | |
| 3 | sin 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG kal GE₆ DIR ⸢AN ZA⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | 10 DIR AN ZA KUR GIN GE₆ 11 DIR SAL AN ZA | |
| 5 | sin ina IGI GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana ŠU₂ GUB⸣ | |
| 6 | GE₆ 12 sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 3 KUŠ₃ 12 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 7 | GE₆ 13 sin ina IGI SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 3 KUŠ₃ 13 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 8 | GE₆ 14 9 ME DIR muš 14 1 ŠU₂ muš DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN | |
| 9 | 14 LAL₂-ti₃ NU PAP GE₆ 15 5 GE₆ USAN sin | |
| 10 | ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 15 5.40 GE₆ muš ULU₃ GIN | |
| 11 | ina KIN.SIG DIR AN ZA GE₆ 16 DIR AN ZA | |
| 12 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SAG GIR₂.TAB 2 KUŠ₃ 16 SI GIN | |
| 13 | GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SI₄ 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ | |
| 14 | 17 ⸢SI⸣ ša₂ kap MAR GAR GIN ŠED₇ GE₆ 18 | |
| 15 | SI GIN ŠED₇ ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 16 | sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB 18 IM ŠAR₂ | |
| 17 | [... GE₆] 19 kal GE₆ DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | A.ITU TA 1 EN 6 2/3 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP [N na TA] 7 | |
| 2' | EN 10 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI GIN PAP 9 [na TA 11 ⸢EN⸣ | |
| 3' | 14 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP 12 na ⸢TA⸣ 15 ⸢EN 17 | |
| 4' | 1/2 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP 9 na TA 18 EN 20+[x x] | |
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