AD -186A (X201861)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -186A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201861 |
| Museum no. | BM 35730 |
| 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 | [...] Mars? was 3 cubits below α Geminorum. The 3rd, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit [behind β Capri]corni, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... Ni]ght of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit above Saturn |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] ... it thundered once or twice |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] 3 cubits behind α Geminorum |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] sunrise to moonset: [x]+10', measured |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] ... Night of the 17th, |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88– | [...] stood [nn cubi]ts? to the east |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ cubits; the north wind ble[w ...] ... The 22nd, in the morning, very overcast |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] low [to the sou]th. The 24th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the north wind blew. The 26th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 27th, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... of the mon]th, 3 pānu 2 sūtu; dates, in the beginning of the month, 1 kurru 4 pānu 1 sūtu; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... the 1st, Mercu]ry’s last appearance in the west in the end of Pisces; I did not watch; the 2nd, Saturn’s first appearance in Aquarius; it was small, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] until the 23rd, (the river level) rose 2/3 cubit, total: 26 was the na na-gauge; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] set. ... merry-making was set up in the land. |
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⸣ SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 3 KUŠ₃ 3 DIR AN ZA | |
| 2 | [... GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ SI]-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 8 SAG GE₆ sin e GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4 | [...] {⸢d⸣}U 1-en-šu₂ 2-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ar₂⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | [... x]+10 na muš | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ GUB GE₆ 17 | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana NIM GUB | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ SI ⸢GIN⸣ [x x] 22 ina še-ri₃⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 2' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG 24 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB | |
| 3' | [...] SI GIN 26 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 27 | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ 3(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) ZU₂ ina SAG ITU 1(GUR) GUR 4(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) | |
| 5' | [... 1 GU₄].⸢UD⸣ ina ŠU₂ ina TIL zib{me} ŠU₂ NU PAP 2 GENNA ina GU IGI TUR | |
| 6' | [...] EN 23 2/3 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP 26 na | |
| 7' | [...] GAR-nu ŠU{ii} ana ki za kit tu₂ ni-gu-tu₂ ina KUR GAR-at₂ | |
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