AD -176B (X201762)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -176B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201762 |
| Museum no. | BM 35220 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... at sun]set, a little rain shower. The 28th, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [... in the beginn]ing of the month, 3 sūtu 3 qa, in the middle of the month [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...Ma]rs’ first appearance in Leo; around the 27th, Venus’ [first appearance in the west in Virgo ...] |
| Obverse [4:6] 5'5'–6'6' | [...] the troops of the king opposite [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: [nn°], measured; the moon was [...] behind α [Virginis ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [Night of the 3rd, the moon was] 1 cubit [...] δ Scorpii, the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [Night of the 5th, the moon was] 2 cubits [behind ϑ] Ophiuchi. Night of the 6th, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... Ni]ght of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind δ [Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [... the moon being] 4 cubits low to the south. The 15th, [...] 3° 30' [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [... Night of the 18th, last part of the] night, the moon was 1 cubit above α Tauri, the moon being ⸢x⸣ [cubits ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [...] high to the north. The 20th, the north wind blew. Night of the 2[1st, ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [... nn] cubits, the moon being 1 cubit hight to the north [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | [...] Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in fr?ont of ρ Leonis ... Night of the 26th, last part of the night,] |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | [the moon was x]+1 cubits [in front of γ Virginis, it stood] ⸢x⸣ [cubits] in front of Mars [to the west ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ki] ŠU₂ šamaš₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa 28 [...] | |
| 3' | [... ina] ⸢SAG⸣ ITU 3(BAN₂) 3 qa ina MURUB₄ ITU [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ina A IGI in 27 dele-⸢bat⸣ [ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN IGI ...] | |
| 5' | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIN₂{meš} LUGAL ana tar-⸢ṣi⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | {[itu}KIN 30 N] na-su muš sin ar₂ ⸢SA₄⸣-[ša₂-ABSIN N N ...] | |
| 7' | [GE₆ 3 sin x MUL₂]-⸢MURUB₄⸣-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 1 KUŠ₃ sin [N N ana x x ...] | |
| 8' | [GE₆ 5 sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR]-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 6 [...] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢GE₆⸣ 10 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-[ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N ...] | |
| 10' | [... sin] 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 15 3.30 [...] | |
| 11' | [x x GE₆ 18 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin e is-le₁₀ 1 KUŠ₃ sin [x] [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ana SI NIM 20 SI GIN GE₆ 21 [...] | |
| 13' | [... N] KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 6 26 ina ZALAG₂] | |
| 15' | [sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN x]+1 KUŠ₃ ina IGI AN ⸢x⸣ [KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] |
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