AD -185A (X201851)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -185A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201851 |
| Museum no. | BM 32349 + 32428 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 126, month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 15° 10'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | rain shower. Night of the 1st, very overcast. The 1st, clouds were in the sky, the west wind blew. Night of the 2nd, [the moo]n |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | was 1 cubit in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 4th, ...; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the moon was 1 cubit behind δ Capricorni, the moon being 5/6 cubit high to the north. Night of the 5th, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the moon [stood] 1 cubit in front of Jupiter to the west [...] last part of the night, Mercury was 3 cubits above α Tauri(error for: α Scorpii). |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Night] of the 6th, the moon [stood] 1 cubit behind Saturn [to the east,] the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] ... [...] ... all day clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... Night of the 9th,] beginning of the night, the moon was 5/6 cubit in front of the Band (i.e., η Piscium) |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... Ni]ght of the 10th, clouds crossed the sky, overcast?. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | [...] slow rain so that the sandal |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] lun[ar eclipse] which was omitted; at |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Night of the 15th,] sunset to moonrise: [x]+2° 40'; mist, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...; last part of the night, the moon was nn] cubits in front of α? Geminorum, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [the moon being nn] cubits low to the south. The 15th, sunrise to moonset?: ⸢x⸣ , measured (despite) clouds; |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [clou]ds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [The ri]ver level from the 9th to the 15th rose 4 fingers, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [total:] 35 was the na na-gauge. |
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 26.KAM₂ {itu}GAN 1 15.10 DIR NU PAP ⸢DIR AN DIB⸣ | |
| 2 | AN UTAH GE₆ 1 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 1 DIR AN ZA MAR GIN GE₆ 2 ⸢sin⸣ | |
| 3 | ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 4 ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | sin ar₂ SUHUR-ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 5/6 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM GE₆ 5 | |
| 5 | sin ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR 1 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢ŠU₂⸣ [GUB ...] ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ GU₄.UD e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | [GE₆] 6 sin ar₂ GENNA 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana NIM GUB] sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | |
| 7 | [x x x x] [...] x kal ME ⸢DIR AN ZA⸣ | |
| 8 | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI DUR 5/6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 10 DIR AN DIB ŠU₂ | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ne₂-hi {kuš}E.SIR₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] [x x] | |
| 2' | [... AN.KU₁₀] ⸢sin⸣ ša₂ DIB in | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 15 x]+2.40 GE₆ a-kam₂ | |
| 4' | [x ina ZALAG₂ sin] ina IGI ⸢MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI⸣ [N] KUŠ₃ | |
| 5' | [sin N] KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 15 ⸢x na⸣ DIR muš | |
| 6' | ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA | |
| 7' | ⸢ILLU⸣ TA 9 EN 15 4 SI GIN | |
| 8' | [PAP] 35 na | |
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