AD -177 (X201770)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -177 |
|---|---|
| ID | X201770 |
| Museum no. | BM 41884 + 42112 + 42212 |
| 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]34, month X, night of the 28th, [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [The 2]8th, moonrise to sunrise: 11° 50'; clouds, I did not watch; very overcast, the east wind [blew ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] blew. The 29th, very overcast, the east wind blew. Night of the 3[0th, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [The 3]0th, very overcast; in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | in the beginning of the month, 1 pānu 4 sūtu 4 qa ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [at] the end of the month, 2 pānu? 4 sūtu? [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [at the en]d of the month, 1 kurru [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 5 sūtu; wool, 2+[x minas ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | At that time, Jupiter was in [... Venus ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | until the end of the month, in Sagittarius [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Saturn was in Gemini; Ma[rs ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | (the river level) rose 8 fingers, total: 30? was the na na-gauge [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | until the 16th, 4? [...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [...] total: 30 was the na na-gauge [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Month] XI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), [sunset to moonset:] 12° 50'; [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Ni]ght of the 1st, very overcast ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | in the morning, rain shower [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | ... very overcast; in the afternoo[n, ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the east wind blew. The 3rd, clouds were in the sky [... Night of the 4th,] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] in front of η [Piscium, the moon being] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] low to the south, 2 cubits below Mars [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [α Arietis] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Around the 5th, Mer[cury’s last appearance in the west in Aquarius ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [x]+1/2 cubits, the moon being 4 ... [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [Night] of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was in front? of [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Night] of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of β Tau[ri ...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [The 8th, all] day clouds were in the sky; in the morning, the sun was sur[rounded] by a halo. Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515– | 1 cubit [...] η/μ Geminorum, the moon being 1 cubit [low] to the south [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] the moon being 1 cubit low <to> the south. The 9th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | [...] Night? of the 10th?, the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Geminorum [...] |
| Top [2:4] t.e. 33– | [...] ... lightning flashed, th[under ...] |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [...] the north wind blew [...] |
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 34.KAM₂ AB GE₆ 28 [...] | |
| 2 | 28 11.50 KUR DIR NU PAP ŠU₂.ŠU₂ KUR [GIN ...] | |
| 3 | [x] GIN 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ KUR GIN GE₆ 30 [...] | |
| 4 | 30 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 5 | ina SAG ITU 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 4 qa ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [ina] TIL ITU 2(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢TIL ITU⸣ 1(GUR) GUR [...] | |
| 8 | 5(BAN₂) SIG₂{hi.a} 2+[x MA.NA ...] | |
| 9 | i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina [... dele-bat ...] | |
| 10 | EN TIL ITU ina PA [...] | |
| 11 | GENNA ina MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | 8 U GIN PAP 30 na [...] | |
| 13 | EN 16 4 [...] | |
| 14 | [x] PAP 30 na [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ZIZ₂⸣ 1 12.50 [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢GE₆⸣ 1 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ x [...] | |
| 3 | ina še-ri₃ AN UTAH [...] | |
| 4 | x ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | KUR GIN 3 DIR AN ZA [... GE₆ 4 | |
| 6 | SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-⸢KUR⸣-[ša₂-DUR-nu-nu N N sin N N] | |
| 7 | ana ULU₃ SIG SIG AN 2 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢GE₆⸣ 5 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI [MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN N N] | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢SI x x⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢in⸣ 5 GU₄.[UD ina ŠU₂ ina GU ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 11 | [x] 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | [GE₆] 7 SAG GE₆ sin ⸢ina IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | [GE₆] 8 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI [ŠUR]-⸢GIGIR⸣-ša₂-SI [N N ...] | |
| 14 | 8 kal] ME DIR AN ZA ina še-ri₃ šamaš₂ TUR₃ ⸢NIGIN⸣ [GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin x] | |
| 15 | [MUL₂-x]-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢ULU₃⸣ [SIG ...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢sin 1 KUŠ₃ <ana> ULU₃ SIG 9 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢GE₆ 10 sin ina IGI⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] SI GIN [...] | |
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