AD -179D (X201794)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -179D |
|---|---|
| ID | X201794 |
| Museum no. | BM 41055 |
| 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 132,] king [Seleucus], month VI,2, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 13° [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... Night of the 2nd, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [in front? of] β Lib[rae, it stood] 2 5/6 cubits in front of Venus |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [to the west ...] Around the 2nd, when Saturn became stationary in the east, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | it became stationary [..., being ...] high [to the nor[th]. Night of the 3rd, the moon was [...] above |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [β/δ Scorpii. Night] of the 4th?, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind? α Scorpii, the moon being 4 cubits |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [high to the north ...] being high to the north. Night of the ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | (traces) |
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 32.KAM₂ {m}se-lu-ku] ⸢LUGAL⸣ {itu}KIN.2.KAM₂ 1 13 na [x] | |
| 2 | [... GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂]-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI dele-bat 2 5/6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | [ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] EN 2 GENNA ana NIM ki UŠ-u₂ | |
| 4 | [... N N ana] ⸢SI⸣ NIM UŠ GE₆ 3 sin e | |
| 5 | [MUL₂-x-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N GE₆] 4 sin ar₂ SI₄⸣ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 6 | [ana SI NIM ... ana] ⸢SI⸣ NIM GE₆ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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