AD -182B (X201822)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -182B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201822 |
| Museum no. | BM 34897 + 55575 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [... rain] shower. Night of the 4th? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] in the afternoon, very overcast, the south wind [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] the south wind which was set to the west side blew [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] The 10th, very overcast, a little rain shower. Night of the 11th, very overcast. The 11th, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | it thundered [on]ce, twice, or thrice, gusty? south wind [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Night of the 12th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 1 cubit behind α Arietis, the moon being ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The 12th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 13th, the moon was 2 cubits in front of η Tauri. The 13th, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | ... Night of the 14th, <moonrise to sunset:> 1° 30'; measured (despite) clouds; all night very overcast; middle part of the night, ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] it thundered slowly, rain DUL [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [...] (traces) [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the south wind blew. That month, the equivalent was: barley, in the beginning of the month, 1 kurru [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 4 pānu 4 sūtu, at the end of the month, 1 kurru; dates, 2 kurru; mustard, 1 kurru 2 pānu; cr[ess,] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | 2 pānu; sesame, 4 sūtu 1 qa; wool, 4 minas were sold for 1 [shekel of silver.] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | At that time, Jupiter was in Gemini; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Sagittarius; the 12th, Venus [reached Capricorn;] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the 1st, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 11°; around the [x]+1th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Libra; Saturn in the beginn[ing of the month, was in Aries,] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the 10th, Saturn reached Pisces; Mars was in Leo. That month, the river level from the 21st to |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the end of the month rose 4 fingers, total: 34 was the na na-gauge. That month, ... [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | property? ... on the gate ... [...] |
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' | [... AN] UTAH GE₆ 4 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢ULU₃⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ULU₃ ša₂ kap MAR GAR GIN [...] | |
| 4' | [...] 10 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa GE₆ 11 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 11 [...] | |
| 5' | 1-en]-šu₂ 2-šu₂ 3-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ne₂-hi ŠUB-di ULU₃ ⸢ŠAR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢GE₆⸣ 12 DIR AN ZA sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | 12 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 13 sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 2 KUŠ₃ 13 [...] | |
| 8' | ⸢x x x⸣ GE₆ 14 1.30 <ME> DIR muš kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ MURUB₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] U GU₃-šu₂ ne₂-hi ŠUB-di AN DUL [...] | |
| 10' | [...] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ULU₃ GIN⸣ [ITU] ⸢BI⸣ KI.LAM ⸢še-im ina⸣ SAG ITU 1(GUR) GUR [...] | |
| 3' | 4(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) EN TIL ITU 1(GUR) GUR ZU₂ 2(GUR) GUR kas₃ 1(GUR) GUR 2(BARIG) ⸢sah⸣-[le₁₀] | |
| 4' | 2(BARIG) PI ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 4(BAN₂) 1 qa SIG₂{hi.a} 4 MA.NA a-na 1 [GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR] | |
| 5' | ep-šu₂ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina MAŠ.MAŠ dele-bat ina SAG ITU ina PA 12 dele-bat [MAŠ₂ KUR-ad₂] | |
| 6' | 1 11 na GU₄.UD ⸢in⸣ [x]+1 ⸢GU₄.UD ina NIM⸣ ina RIN₂ ŠU₂ GENNA ina ⸢SAG⸣ [ITU ina HUN] | |
| 7' | 10 GENNA zib{me} KUR-ad₂ AN ina A ITU BI ILLU TA 21 EN | |
| 8' | TIL ITU 4 SI GIN PAP 34 na ITU ⸢BI x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | NIG₂.GA mim-ma ina UGU KA₂ 4 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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