AD -184B (X201842)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -184B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201842 |
| Museum no. | BM 35330 |
| 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' | 1 5/6 cubits ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. [Night of the 10th, the moon was ... η Piscium,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 10th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | 3 1/2 cubits; clouds were in the sky. Night of the 13th, the moon was 1 cubit behind η Tauri, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 14th, the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Tauri, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 6° 40'; clouds, I did not watch; all day clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Night of the 15th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 20', measured; (when) the 4 stars of the Stag culminated, [lunar] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | eclipse; when it began, 2 fingers on the ... side [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | at 44° before sunrise; at 25°?, [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Jupiter and Saturn stood there; in its eclipse ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | the remainder of the planets did not stand there; in its eclipse, the west wind [blew? ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | it was eclipsed 1 2/3 cubits in? front of η Geminorum. The 15th, [sunrise to moonset:] 8° 40', |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | measured. Night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: 9°, measured [...]; clouds crossed the sky. Night |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was behind ..., [the moon being nn] cubits low to the south. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Night of the 18th, very overcast [...] it thundered once, twice, (or) thrice, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | rain, PISAN DIB. Night of the 19th, overcast ... [...] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88– | having passed to the east [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] night, the moon was surrounded by a halo |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [...] Jupiter and Saturn stood (in it?). |
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' | 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [GE₆ 10 sin x MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu N N] | |
| 3' | sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 10 DIR ⸢AN ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ DIR AN ZA GE₆ 13 sin ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 5' | sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 14 sin ina IGI ŠUR-SI 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6' | sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 14 6.40 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP kal ME ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA | |
| 7' | GE₆ 15 2.20 ME muš 4 ša₂ MUL₂ ⸢lu-lim ziq-pi⸣ [sin] | |
| 8' | AN.KU₁₀ ki <TAB>-u₂ 2 SI A₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ina 44 GE₆ <ana> ZALAG₂ in 25 [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MUL₂.BABBAR u GENNA GUB{meš} ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ MUL₂ [...] | |
| 2 | IB₂.TAG₄ UDU.IDIM{meš} NU GUB{meš} ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ ⸢MAR⸣ [GIN ...] | |
| 3 | 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ a-dir 15 8.40 [na] | |
| 4 | muš GE₆ 16 9 GE₆ ⸢muš⸣ [x] DIR AN DIB GE₆ | |
| 5 | 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ⸢ar₂ x x x x⸣ [x sin N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 6 | GE₆ 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] U 1-en-šu₂ 2-šu₂ 3-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB | |
| 7 | AN PISAN DIB GE₆ 19 ŠU₂ ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] GE₆ sin TUR₃ NIGIN | |
| 2 | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR u GENNA GUB{meš} | |
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