AD -175B (X201752)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -175B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201752 |
| Museum no. | BM 34915 |
| 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 1]36, month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 18°; it was bright, earthshine, measured; it could be seen while (the sun) stood there; |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | it stood 4 cubits behind Mercury to the east; the moon was 1 cubit in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 3 1/2 cubits |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | low to the south; the north wind blew. The 1st, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in the end of Sagittarius; it was small, sunset to setting of Mercury: 11°. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 2nd, the moon was 3 cubits in front of γ Capricorni. the 2nd, the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind δ Capricorni, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south; last part of the night, clouds were in the sky, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the north wind blew. The 3rd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 6th, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of Mars, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 7th (and) the 7th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Night of the 8th, the moon was 5/6 cubit in front of (η) Piscium, the moon being 3 1/2 cubits [low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | last part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above ϑ Ophiuchi; clouds [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Night of the 9th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 9th, clouds were in the sky [... Night of the 10th, the moon was] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 3 cubits [in front of] η Tauri, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | last part of the night, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. The 10th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | last part of the night, a section of a rainbow [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Night of the 1st, a second of the ... woman [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] and the ... and the goldsmiths of the temple [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... [...] house of the goldsmiths [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | by the[ft? ...] the goldsmith [...] ... of the goldsmith [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | ... [...] was killed. The 1st,the people who in [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | ... [...] ... were put in jail [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] until the 8th, (the river level) rose 20 fingers, total: 28 was the na na-gauge |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] ... 29? was the na na-gauge. That month, night of the 5th, a "fall of fire" |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'– | [...] ... with it next to the temple of Ea? |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [...] the rack of interrogation of [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [MU 1 ME] 36.KAM₂ GAN 1 18 na-su KUR₄ a-pir muš ina GUB IGI | |
| 2 | ⸢ar₂ GU₄.UD⸣ 4 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | ana ULU₃ SIG SI GIN 1 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina TIL PA IGI TUR 11 na-su | |
| 4 | GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI SUHUR-IGI 3 KUŠ₃ 2 SI GIN GE₆ 3 | |
| 5 | sin ar₂ SUHUR-ar₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA | |
| 6 | SI GIN 3 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 6 sin ina IGI AN | |
| 7 | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 7 7 DIR AN ZA | |
| 8 | GE₆ 8 sin ina IGI nu-nu 5/6 KUŠ₃ sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana [ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 9 | ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ DIR [...] | |
| 10 | GE₆ 9 DIR AN ZA SI GIN 9 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [... GE₆ 10 sin ina IGI] | |
| 11 | MUL₂.MUL₂ 3 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana⸣ [ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 12 | ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN 10 DIR AN [...] | |
| 13 | ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ bu-tuq-tu₄ TIR.RA.AN [...] | |
| 14 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] GE₆ 1.KAM₂ 2-tu₄ gar-rak-ka-[nu ...] | |
| 3' | [...] u LU₂ ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ u {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{meš} ša₂ E₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ E₂ {lu₂}KU₃.DIM{[meš} ...] | |
| 5' | ina ⸢šur⸣-[qa ...] {lu₂}KU₃.DIM [x x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂ ša₂ {lu₂}KU₃.⸢DIM⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] u₂ GAZ U₄ 1.KAM₂ {lu₂}UN{meš} ša₂ ina ⸢li⸣-[mit E{ki]} | |
| 7' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢TAR⸣{meš} ana E₂ ki-li SUM{⸢meš⸣} [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ 8 20 SI GIN PAP 28 na | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x 29 na ITU BI GE₆ 5 IZI.ŠUB.BA | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KI-šu₂ DA E₂ {d}BE | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] [x x x] MUD meš ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] sim-mil-tu₄ ša₂ maš-a-a-al-tu₂ ša₂ [...] | |
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