AD -180B (X201802)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -180B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201802 |
| Museum no. | BM 45926 |
| 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 1]31, month ... sunset to moonset: ... 40' ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | ... [...] very overcast ... |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] ... [...] Night of the 4th, very overcast ... in the afternoon, clou[ds? ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... a sec]tion of a rainbow stretched on the [...] side. Night of the 5th?, the moon was 1 1/2? cubits in front of η Piscium, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the moon being 3 cubits low to the south [...] 5 cubits [...] Arietis. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 6th, Sirius’ acronychal rising. Night of the 7th, the moon was [nn] cubits in front of η Tauri, the moon being 3 cubits |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | low to the south, 2/3 cubit behind? Saturn, the moon ... the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Tauri. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The 8th, all day very overcast, slow rain, PISAN DIB. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Night of the 10th, clouds crossed the sky, lighning flashed. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Night of the 11th, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind γ Geminorum. Night of the 12th, the moon was 5? cubits below β Geminorum, the moon |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | having passed? 1/2 cubit to the east; last part of the night, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 13th?, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 1 cubit ??? The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 14°? ... thunder [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | all night very overcast; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of ??? the moon being [...] low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | measured; all day clouds were in the sky |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | the moon being 3 cubits low to the south |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | 2 cubits [...] ϑ Leonis, the moon [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | (traces) |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | (r 1') [...] ... [... the c]old became se[vere ...] |
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 {itu}⸢AB x⸣ 40 ⸢na-su x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [x] AN DUL [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢AN⸣ DUL [x x x x] GE₆ 4 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢x 4 ina KIN.SIG ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [x bu]-⸢tuq⸣-tu₄ TIR.RA.⸢AN A₂⸣ [x] ⸢GIB⸣ GE₆ 5 sin ina IGI ⸢DUR-nu-nu⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢GE₆⸣ 6 sin SIG MUL₂-x]-ša₂-SAG-HUN 5 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | 6 {mul₂}KAK.BAN ana ME E-a GE₆ 7 sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂⸣ [N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 7 | ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ GENNA 2/3 KUŠ₃ sin [x x x x x x] sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | 8 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN ne₂-hi PISAN DIB [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ KUR GIN ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | GE₆ 10 DIR AN DIB NIM.GIR₂ NIM.GIR₂ ⸢GU₃ U⸣ [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10 | GE₆ 11 sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃ GE₆ 12 sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 5 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 11 | ana NIM DIB ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA GE₆ 13 [...] | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢ša₂-ULU₃⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ 13 14 ŠU₂ [...] ⸢x⸣ U GU₃-[šu₂ ŠUB]-di | |
| 13 | [GE₆] 14 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI [x x x] sin [x x] ana ULU₃ SIG [...] | |
| 14 | [x x x] muš kal ME DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ sin 3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG kal [GE₆ ...] | |
| 16 | [...] GIŠ.KUN-A 2 KUŠ₃ sin [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ŠED₇⸣ ik-[te-šir ...] | |
| 2' | [x] MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 5/6 KUŠ₃ sin [i]-ṣa ana ⸢NIM⸣ [DIB ...] | |
| 3' | 22 DIR AN ZA SI GIN ŠED₇ ik-te-šir | |
| 4' | GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SI₄ 3 KUŠ₃ sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5' | ana SI NIM 23 DIR AN ULU₃ ša₂ kap MAR GAR GIN | |
| 6' | ŠED₇ ik-te-šir GE₆ 24 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ DIR AN DIB | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢x⸣ 25 ⸢x x⸣ ŠED₇ ik-te-šir | |
| 9' | ILLU TA 5 EN 11 2/3 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP [...] | |
| 10' | TA 12 EN 17 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP 31+[x ...] | |
| 11' | ⸢TA⸣ 20 EN 22 1+[x] SI GIN [...] | |
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