AD -178B (X201782)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -178B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201782 |
| Museum no. | BM 77249 |
| 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 133,] king [Seleu]cus, month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14° 30'. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] ... Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1/2 cubit in front of α Librae. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... lo]w?; thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 3rd, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind β Librae. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night] of the 4th, the moon was 2 cubits above β Scorpii. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] ... Night of the 5th, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Month VII, ... measu]red?; it was low to the sun; the west wind blew. Night of the 2nd, last part of the night, Venus |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'– | [was ... above Jupiter, Venus] having passed [...] to the east; last part of the night, Mars was [...] above β Vir[ginis] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Mars] having passed [... to the ea]st. Around the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the west, ... omitted. |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | [Night of the 3rd, the moon was] 2 cubits [above] ϑ Ophiuchi, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east; last part of the night, ... |
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 | [... {m}se-lu]-⸢ku⸣ LUGAL {itu}KIN 30 14.30 na-su | |
| 2 | [...] [x x] GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢SIG⸣ DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 3 sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4 | [... GE₆] 4 sin e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x x x x DIB⸣ GE₆ 5 | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢UŠ⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] [x x x x] | |
| 4' | {[itu}DU₆ ...] ⸢muš⸣ ana šamaš₂ SIG MAR GIN GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat | |
| 5' | [e MUL₂.BABBAR N N dele-bat N N] ana ⸢NIM⸣ DIB ina ZALAG₂ AN e GIR₃-⸢ar₂⸣-[ša₂-A] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [N N AN N N ana] ⸢NIM⸣ DIB in 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ UD.DA-šu₂ ŠU₂ DIB | |
| 2 | [GE₆ 3 sin e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢KIR₄⸣-šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB ina ZALAG₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
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