AD -178A (X201781)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -178A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201781 |
| Museum no. | BM 32164 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Y]ear 133, king Seleucus, month V, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 21° 30'; it was bright, earthshine, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | measured; it could be seen while the sun stood there, it was high to the to the sun; the moon stood 1 cubit in front of Jupiter to the west, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits high to the north; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the north wind blew. Night of the 1st, last part of the night, Venus was 1 finger above δ Cancri, Venus being 4 fingers back to the west. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 1st, gusty north wind. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Virginis, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. The 2nd, in the afternoon, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the north wind blew. Night of the 4th, the moon was 1 5/6 cubits above α Librae. The 4th, the north wind blew. Night of the 5th, the moon was |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 3 cubits in front of β Scorpii, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. The 5th, the north wind blew. Night of the 6th, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon was 4 cubits above α Scorpii, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 6th, the north wind blew. Night of the 7th, the moon was 2 cubits above ϑ |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Ophiuchi, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 7th, gusty north wind. Night of the 8th (and) the 8th, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Night of the 9th (and) the 9th, the north wind blew. Night of the 10th, the north wind blew; the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind β Capricorni, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south ... [... Mercury's] last appearance [in the east] in Leo; I did not watch; the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | ... the moon was [...] in front of γ Capri[corni;] the north wind blew. The 12th, the north wind blew. The 13th, in the afternoon, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111– | [...] (traces) [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | 3? kurru 1 pānu 2 sūtu ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | were sold. At that time, Jupiter’s first appearance? in Virgo, rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 12°?, [(ideal) first appearance] o[n the nnth ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Cancer, in the middle of the month, in Leo; Mercury was in Leo; on [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Saturn was in Gemini; Mars, in the beginning of the month, was in Cancer; on the 11th, Mars reached? Leo [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | That month, the river level was 37 on the na na-gauge; night of the 14th, |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | it rose 8 fingers, total: 35 was the na na-gauge. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 15° 30'; it was bright, measured; it was low to the sun. Night of the 1st, [...] ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢MU⸣ 1 ME 33.KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku LUGAL {itu}NE 1 21.30 na-su KUR₄ a-⸢pir⸣ | |
| 2 | muš ina GUB IGI ana šamaš₂ NIM sin ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | |
| 3 | SI GIN GE₆ 1 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 SI dele-bat 4 SI ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 4 | 1 SI ŠAR₂ GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI SA₄ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 2 ina KIN.SIG | |
| 5 | SI GIN GE₆ 4 sin e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ 4 SI GIN GE₆ 5 sin ina IGI | |
| 6 | MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 3 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 5 SI GIN GE₆ 6 | |
| 7 | sin e SI₄ 4 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 6 SI GIN GE₆ 7 sin e | |
| 8 | MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 7 SI ŠAR₂ GE₆ 8 8 SI GIN | |
| 9 | GE₆ 9 9 SI GIN GE₆ 10 SI GIN sin ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG [x x x] [... GU₄.UD ina] ⸢NIM⸣ ina A ŠU₂ NU PAP SI GIN | |
| 10 | ⸢GE₆ 11 sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂⸣-[SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N] SI GIN 12 3 ina KIN.SIG DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [...] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 3(GUR) ⸢GUR 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) [x] [...] | |
| 2' | ep-šu₂ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ⸢ABSIN IGI 2 na-su in⸣ [N] | |
| 3' | dele-bat ina ⸢SAG ITU⸣ ina ALLA ina MURUB₄ ITU ina A GU₄.UD ina A in [...] | |
| 4' | GENNA ina MAŠ.MAŠ AN ina SAG ITU ina ALLA 11 AN A DU [...] | |
| 5' | ITU BI ILLU 37 na GE₆ 14 | |
| 6' | 8 SI GIN PAP 35 na | |
| 7' | {itu}KIN 30 15.30 na-su KUR₄ muš ana šamaš₂ SIG GE₆ 1 [x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
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