AD -183B (X201832)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -183B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201832 |
| Museum no. | BM 41037 |
| 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 128, month II, the 12th, moonset to sunrise: 14° [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | all day clouds were in the sky, the east wind blew. Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 12°; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | clouds, I did not watch; clouds were in the sky; the moon was 2 1/2 cubits <...> α Scorpii; first part [of the night,] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [Ma]rs was 1/2 cubit above ρ Leonis. The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 10'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Night] of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 3° 30', measured (despite) clouds. The 14th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Night] of the 15th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 15th, clouds were in the sky, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [the north wind] blew. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit below β Capricorni; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] blew. Night of the 17th, the south wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | γ [Capri]corni, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Night of the 1]8th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits behind δ Capricorni, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [the moon being] 1/2 cubit high to the north. The 18th, the north wind bl[ew.] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [Night] of the 19th, the north wind blew, clouds [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [clouds were] in the sky, the north wind blew. Ni[ght of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 1 cubit [behind Sat]urn, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [high] to the north, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] ...; last part of the night, clouds were in the sky. The 22nd, all day |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [very overcast]; around noon, rain shower, the north wind blew; at sunset, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | gusty [...], rain shower. Night of the 23rd, beginning of the night, gusty north wind, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | much [thun]der, lightning flashed, rain DUL; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [last part of the ni]ght, the moon was 2/3 cubit behind η Piscium, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | low [to] the south; the north wind blew. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 2 cubits behind α Arietis, the moon being 3 cub[its] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | low to the south, it stood in front of Jupiter to the west, the moon being |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111– | [x]+1? cubits high to the north. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits in front of η Tauri, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | low [to] the south. The 25th, 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 28.KAM₂ {itu}GU₄ 12 14 ⸢ŠU₂⸣ [x] | |
| 2 | ⸢kal⸣ ME DIR AN ZA KUR GIN GE₆ 13 12 ME | |
| 3 | ⸢DIR⸣ NU PAP DIR AN ZA sin <x> SI₄ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢USAN⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢AN⸣ e MUL₂-TUR 1/2 KUŠ₃ 13 10 NINDA na DIR NU PAP | |
| 5 | [GE₆] 14 3.30 GE₆ DIR muš 14 DIR AN ZA | |
| 6 | [GE₆] 15 DIR AN ZA SI GIN 15 DIR AN ZA | |
| 7 | [SI] GIN GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | [x] GIN GE₆ 17 ULU₃ GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI | |
| 9 | ⸢SUHUR⸣-IGI 2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | |
| 10 | [GE₆] 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SUHUR-ar₂ 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 11 | [sin] 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 18 SI ⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 12 | [GE₆] 19 SI GIN DIR [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [DIR] ⸢AN⸣ ZA SI GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin] | |
| 2 | [ar₂] ⸢GENNA⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢SI⸣ [NIM] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x⸣ ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA 22 kal ME | |
| 4 | [ŠU₂.ŠU₂] AN.BAR₇ AN UTAH SI GIN ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 5 | [x] ŠAR₂ AN UTAH GE₆ 23 SAG GE₆ SI ŠAR₂ | |
| 6 | [GU₃] U MAH NIM.GIR₂ NIM.GIR₂ AN DUL-hat | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ar₂ DUR-nu-nu 2/3 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | [ana] ULU₃ SIG SI GIN GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 9 | ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 10 | ana ULU₃ SIG ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ GUB sin | |
| 11 | [x]+1 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [sin] ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 2 | [ana] ULU₃ SIG 25 SI GIN | |
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