AD -176A (X201761)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -176A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201761 |
| Museum no. | BM 35011 |
| 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 | [At the command of Bēl and Bē]ltiya may it be well. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Di]ary from [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | lightning flashed, cloudburst, a little PISAN DIB ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | first part of the night, Saturn was [...] above γ Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cu[bit] in front of ε Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the sandal was removed, the north wind blew. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind β Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | the moon being 1 cubit high to the north; first part of the night, Mercury was [...] above [ζ Tauri ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | thunder, a little rain shower, the north wind blew. The 10th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | lightning flashed, the south wind blew; middle part of the night, rain shower [... Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 1 1/2 cubits behind β Scorpii, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits [high to the north ... Night of the 14th,] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind ϑ Ophiuchi. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | The 16th, very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 17th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night?, [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | 4 cubits [... γ/δ ] Capricorni. The 18th, thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 19th, [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | all night very overcast; last part of the night, lightning flashed, slow thunder, [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [Mercury] was 1 cubit above Saturn. The 22nd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew [...] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717– | [Night of the 25th, clou]ds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [...] below α [Arietis ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | in front of ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Night of the 28th, last part of the night, the moo[n ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | cress, 1 pānu 3 sūtu; sesame, [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Sat]urn was in Cancer; Mars was in [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'– | [...] and the commander of the troops [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Month VII,] the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 18°, it was bright [...] |
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 | [ina a-mat {d}EN u {d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣-ia₂ liš-lim | |
| 2 | [EN.NUN] ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ ⸢TA⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | GIR₂ GIR₂ AN rad PISAN i-ṣa DIB ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | USAN GENNA e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA [N N ...] | |
| 5 | GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI SAG-A 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | {kuš}E.SIR₂ TUH SI GIN GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ [...] | |
| 7 | GE₆ 8 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-[ša₂-A N N ...] | |
| 8 | sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM USAN GU₄.UD e [ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 9 | GU₃ U AN UTAH i-ṣa SI GIN 10 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | GIR₂ GIR₂ ULU₃ GIN EN.NUN.MURUB₄ AN UTAH [... GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 11 | ar₂ MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ [ana SI NIM ... GE₆ 14 | |
| 12 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | 16 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 17 DIR AN ZA <ina> ZALAG₂ [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI] | |
| 14 | [MUL₂-IGI]-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 4 KUŠ₃ 18 DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 19 [...] | |
| 15 | kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U ne₂-⸢hi⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | [GU₄.UD] ⸢e GENNA⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ 22 DIR AN ZA SI GIN [...] | |
| 17 | [GE₆ 25 ⸢DIR AN⸣ ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG ⸢MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂⸣-[SAG-HUN N N ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina IGI [x] [...] | |
| 2' | GE₆ 28 ⸢ina ZALAG₂ sin⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢sah⸣-le₁₀ 1(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ŠE.⸢GIŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢GENNA⸣ ina ALLA AN ina [...] | |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢u⸣ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | {[itu}DU₆] 1 18 na-su ⸢KUR₄⸣ [...] | |
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