AD -180C (X201803)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -180C |
|---|---|
| ID | X201803 |
| Museum no. | BM 34939 |
| 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, month XI, ni[ght? ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | the south wind blew. That month, the equivalent was: barley, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 2 pānu ... 1 pānu 4 sūtu; dates, in the beginning of the month, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 1 kurru, until the end of the month, 4 pānu 2 sūtu; mustard, 2 ku[r ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [se]same, 4 sūtu; wool, 2 1/2 minas [were sold for 1 shekel of silver.] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [At] that time, Jupiter was in Leo; Venus was in Capricorn [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Pisces [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] the moon being 1/2 cubit to [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [clouds were] in the sky. Night of the 6th, the moo[n ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | ..., the north wind blew, thin clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | the cold became severe. Night of the 7th, [the moon was] 6 1/2 cubits [below α Geminorum.] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The 7th, the north wind blew, the cold became se[vere ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was [...] behind β Geminorum, [the moon being ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | low to the south. The 8th, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Night of the 9th, clouds crossed the sky, lightning flashed [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | rain (but) the sandal was not removed [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | clouds were in the sky. Night of the 10th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Top [1:3] t.e. 22– | the moon being 1 cubit 6 fingers [low] to the south [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] rain shower |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [...] the north wind blew ... |
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}ZIZ₂ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ULU₃ GIN ITU BI KI.LAM še-⸢im⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | 2(BARIG) PI [x] 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ZU₂ ina SAG ITU [...] | |
| 4 | 1(GUR) GUR EN TIL ITU 4(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) kas₃ 2(GUR) ⸢GUR⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [ŠE].GIŠ.I₃ 4(BAN₂) SIG₂{hi.a} 2 1/2 MA.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [i]-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina A dele-bat ina MAŠ₂ [...] | |
| 7 | [x] GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina zib{me} IGI [...] | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana [...] | |
| 2' | [DIR] ⸢AN⸣ ZA GE₆ 6 ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [x x] SI NIM DIR SAL AN [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢ŠED₇⸣ ik-te-šir GE₆ 7 [sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI] | |
| 5' | 6 1/2 KUŠ₃ 7 SI GIN ŠED₇ ik-[te-šir ...] | |
| 6' | GE₆ 8 DIR AN ZA sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ [N N sin N N] | |
| 7' | ana ULU₃ SIG 8 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN [...] | |
| 8' | GE₆ 9 DIR AN DIB NIM.GIR₂ NIM.[GIR₂ ...] | |
| 9' | AN {kuš}E.SIR₂ NU TUH [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | DIR AN ZA GE₆ 10 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 2 | sin 1 KUŠ₃ 6 SI ana ULU₃ [SIG ...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] AN UTAH | |
| 2 | [...] SI GIN x | |
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