AD -183E (X201835)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -183E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201835 |
| Museum no. | BM 35054 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 22°; it was bright, earth[shine ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The 3rd, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew; in the aftern[oon ... the moon was] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | 2 cubits in front of β Arietis, the moon being 1 [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 12th, in the afternoon, cl[ouds ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | 1 cubit in front of β/ζ Tauri; last part of the night, Venus was 1+[x] below β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | gusty south storm; in the afternoon, rain shower. Night of the 16th, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | last part of the night, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits below β Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | 2 cubits below ρ Leonis. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | 4 fingers above β Scorpii. The 24th, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [... min]as. At that time, Jupiter was in Aries [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | all day very overcast?; in the afternoon, rain shower. Night of the 15th?, moonrise to sunset: 3°; clouds, I did n[ot watch? ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in in front of α Virginis. The 18th, the north wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 1 cubit, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. The 20th, in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 21st, [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Capricorni. The 24th, the north wind blew, the cold became severe. Night of the 25th, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | all day thin clouds crossed the sky; around noon, the disc of the sun looked like that of the moon; in the afternoon, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | That month, the equivalent (for 1 shekel of silver was): barley, in the beginning of the month, 3 pānu, in the middle of the month, 3 pānu 4 sūtu, at the end of the mo[nth, ...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | last appearance in Aquarius; I did not watch; Saturn was in Pisces; Venus and Mars, which had set, were not visible. [That] month? [...] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'– | [M]onth XII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 20° [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] year 128 |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [...] from month VII to the end of month XII, year 128 [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | x ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {itu}APIN 1 22 na-su ⸢KUR₄ a⸣-[pir ...] | |
| 3' | 3 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ina KIN.⸢SIG⸣ [... sin] | |
| 4' | ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 [...] | |
| 5' | sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 12 ina KIN.SIG ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ina IGI ŠUR-x 1 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 1+[x ...] | |
| 7' | me-hu-u₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH GE₆ 16 [...] | |
| 8' | ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | SIG MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 4 SI 24 DIR [...] | |
| 11' | [x x x MA].⸢NA⸣ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ⸢HUN⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢kal ME⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH GE₆ 15 3 ME DIR ⸢NU⸣ [PAP ...] | |
| 2' | GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 18 SI GIN [...] | |
| 3' | 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB 20 ina KIN.SIG DIR AN ZA GE₆ 21 [...] | |
| 4' | ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ 24 SI GIN ŠED₇ šir GE₆ 25 [...] | |
| 5' | kal U₄ DIR SAL AN DIB AN.BAR₇ HAB-rat šamaš₂ GIM ša₂ sin IGI.LA₂ ina KIN.SIG [...] | |
| 6' | ITU BI KI.LAM še-im ina SAG ITU 3(BARIG) PI ina MURUB₄ ITU 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ina TIL ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ina ⸢GU ŠU₂⸣ NU PAP GENNA ina zib{me} dele-bat u AN ša₂ ŠU₂{meš} NU IGI{meš} ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | {[itu]}ŠE 1 20 na-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] MU 1 ME 28.KAM₂ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ TA DU₆ EN TIL ŠE MU 1 ME 28.KAM₂ [...] | |
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