AD -180A (X201801)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -180A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201801 |
| Museum no. | BM 35060 |
| 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 131, [king] Se[leucus.] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month I, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 14° 10'; clouds, I did not watch [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | clouds were in the sky. Night of the 2nd, clouds [...; first part of the night, Venus was] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 1 1/2 cubits [below] β Tauri. The 2nd, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Night] of the 3rd, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits below β Tauri, the moon being a little? back? to the west?, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | it stood 1 cubit [in fr]ont of Venus to the west, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] clouds were in the sky. Night of the 4th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon? was |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 2 cubits [...] η Geminorum; all night very overcast. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [The 4th, all] day clouds crossed the sky, a gusty south storm blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Night of the 5th,] clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was [x]+1 cubits in front of |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [α Geminorum], the moon being 6 cubits low to the south; all night |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [...] the north wind blew. The 5th?, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] middle part of the night, ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] 2 1/2 cubits, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits back to the west ... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] ... clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. The 24th, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] the south wind blew. Night of the 25th, beginning of the night, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] The 26th, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, very overcast. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... Night] of the 27th, very overcast, the south wind blew. The 27th, very overcast, the south wind blew. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... very] overcast, the south wind blew. The 27thsic, clouds crossed the sky; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | in the afternoon?, it thundered slowly once, twice, (or) thrice, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | cloudburst, PISAN DIB; all day very overcast, gusty south wind. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Night of the 29th, very overcast. The 29th, very overcast; around noon, ... [...] |
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 31.KAM₂ {m}se-[lu-ku LUGAL] | |
| 2 | {[itu]}BAR 30 14.10 DIR NU PAP [...] | |
| 3 | DIR AN ZA GE₆ 2 DIR [x x USAN dele-bat SIG] | |
| 4 | ŠUR-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 2 DIR AN [...] | |
| 5 | [GE₆] 3 sin SIG ŠUR-SI 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin ⸢i ana ŠU₂ LAL⸣ | |
| 6 | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣ dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 7 | [x (x)] DIR AN ZA GE₆ 4 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 8 | [x] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 KUŠ₃ kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 9 | 4 kal] ME DIR AN DIB ⸢me-hu⸣-u₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ GIN | |
| 10 | [GE₆ 5 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI | |
| 11 | [MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI x]+1 KUŠ₃ sin 6 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG kal GE₆ | |
| 12 | [x x x] SI GIN 5 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] MURUB₄-ti₃ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 3 | [...] [x] DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN 24 | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ GIN GE₆ 25 SAG GE₆ | |
| 5 | [...] 26 DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | [... GE₆] 27 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN 27 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN | |
| 7 | [... ŠU₂].ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN 27 DIR AN DIB | |
| 8 | ina ⸢KIN.SIG U 1-en-šu₂⸣ 2-šu₂ 3-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ne₂-hi ŠUB-di | |
| 9 | AN rad PISAN DIB kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ | |
| 10 | GE₆ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN.BAR₇ x [x x] | |
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