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AD -179A (X201791)

Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE

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DesignationAD -179A
IDX201791
Museum no.BM 35576
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodHellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
GenreAstronomical Diary
Find spotBabylon
Coordinates32.5434, 44.4222

English translation

By ORACC project adsd/adart2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1[Year 132, month I, ...] sunset to moonset?: [nn°], measured (despite) clouds; it was low to the sun; the moon was 3 cu[bits] in front of η Tauri [...]
Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22[...] ... the north wind blew. Night of the 2nd, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Tauri [...]
Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33[... Night of the 4th, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [below] η Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west; all night very overcast [...]
Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44[...] The 5th, the north wind blew; around noon, thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind [β] Geminorum [...]
Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55[...] being 5? fingers low to the south. The 6th, thin clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 8th, clouds [...]
Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66[...] blew?. Night of the 9th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below ρ Leonis [...]
Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77[... fir]st part of the night, Mars was 2 cubits above α Virginis; first part of the night (and) middle part of the night, rain [...]
Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88[...] ⸢x⸣ fingers low to the south; very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 12th, clouds were in the sky [...]
Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99[Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... above α Virginis], the moon having passed a little to the east, [it stood] 1 cubit behind Mars to the east [...]
Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010[...] sunrise to moonset: ⸢x°⸣ 20', measured. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 2° 10' [...]
Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111[... Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit [... β/δ Scor]pii, the moon being 1 cubit [high] to the north [...]
Obverse [11:13] o 1212–[... Night of the 1]9th, very overcast, gusty south wind. The 19th, the north wind [...]
Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1[... year 1]32.

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)

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1[MU 1 ME 32.KAM₂ {itu}BAR x N] ⸢na⸣ DIR muš ana šamaš₂ SIG sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...]
2[...] ⸢x⸣ SI GIN GE₆ 2 DIR AN ZA sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ [...]
3[... GE₆ 4 sin SIG] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...]
4[...] 5 SI GIN AN.BAR₇ DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-[ar₂ N N ...]
5[...] 5 SI ana ULU₃ SIG 6 DIR SAL AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 8 DIR [...]
6[...] GIN GE₆ 9 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-⸢ar₂⸣-[LUGAL N N ...]
7[...] ⸢USAN⸣ AN e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ USAN MURUB₄ AN [...]
8[...] ⸢x⸣ U ana ULU₃ SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 12 DIR AN ZA [...]
9[GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN N N] ⸢sin⸣ i-ṣa ana NIM DIB ar₂ AN 1 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢NIM⸣ [GUB ...]
10[...] n.20 na muš GE₆ 15 2.10 GE₆ [...]
11[... GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin x MUL₂-x-ša₂-SAG]-GIR₂.TAB 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI [NIM ...]
12[... GE₆] 19 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ 19 SI [...]
t.e.
1[... MU 1 ⸢ME⸣ 32.KAM₂

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