AD -186B (X201862)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -186B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201862 |
| Museum no. | BM 45636 + 45876 |
| 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' | [...] ... Night of the 5th, very overcast [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] having passed? [...]; all day clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 [cubits be]low α Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... cl]ouds were in the sky. Night of the 11th (and) the 11th, cl[ouds ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... clouds] crossed [the sky], dew. Night of the 15th, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ..., in the morning, dew ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... The 1]6th, very overcast. Ni[ght] of the 17th, clouds crossed the sky [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was x]+1 cubits [below β Virginis], the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. The 18th, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ... very overcast. Night of the 20th, [clouds] were in the sky ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Ni]ght of the 24th, overcast; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [ϑ Ophiuchi ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] The 25th, very overcast; solstice ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] solar eclipse which was omitted; at [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | [... se]same, 4 sūtu?; wool, [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Night of the 11th?, clou[ds ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... Night of the 14th,] moonrise to sunset: 9°, measured; beginning of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind δ Cancri, the moon being 1/2 ??? ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Night of the 15th, ...] the moon was 1 cubit below ρ Leonis, the moon having passed a little to the east. The 15th, cold [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... Night of the 17th,] last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of γ Virginis. The 17th, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. Night of the 18th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... The 18th, (...)] overcast; in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky; Saturn’s last appearance in Aquarius; I did not watch. Night of the 19th, [very?] overcast. The 19th, in the morning, fog covered the sky ... [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] in the afternoon, rain DUL. Night of the 21st, clouds crossed the sky, cloudburst, much PISAN DIB. The 21st, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... Night] of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind ϑ Ophiuchi, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low [to the sou]th. The 23rd, clouds were in the sky, col[d ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] were in the sky, cold. Night of the 26th, beginning of the night, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [low] to the south [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] last part of the night, clouds were in the sky. The 27th, cold, the west wind blew. Night of the 28th, clou[ds ... The 2]8th, moonrise to sunrise: 9° 40'; clouds, I did not [watch ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... Venus'] first appearance in the west in Aquarius; it was bright (and) high, sunset to setting of Venus: 18°; [(ideal) first appearance] on the 2[8th ...] in mi[st? ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] of the month, 2 kurru; old mustard, 2 kurru 2 pānu 3 sūtu; cress, 1 pānu? [...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [... sunset to setting of Ve]nus: [18°]; (ideal) first appearance on the 28th; Mercury was in Capricorn; on the 8th, [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [Month XI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ... Night] of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of β Arietis [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] much? [...] lightning flashed, the south wind blew, rain show[er ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [... clouds] were in the sky, the south wind blew. Night of the 8th, beginning [of the night, ...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x GE₆ 5 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ DIB kal ME DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin] ⸢SIG⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA GE₆ 11 11 ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] DIB AN na-al-šu₂ GE₆ 15 [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina še-ri₃ AN na-al-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] 16 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢GE₆⸣ 17 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A x]+1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢NIM⸣ DIB 18 [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 20 [DIR] AN ZA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 24 ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI [MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA N N ...] | |
| 11' | [...] 25 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ šamaš₂ GUB ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢AN⸣.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ša₂ DIB in [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢ŠE⸣.GIŠ.I₃ 4(BAN₂) ⸢SIG₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 11 DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆ 14 9 ME ⸢muš SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-⸢ar₂⸣-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 15 sin SIG MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin i-ṣa ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ 15 ŠED₇ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ⸢ina IGI⸣ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 17 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 18 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... 18 ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG DIR AN ZA GENNA ina GU ŠU₂ NU PAP GE₆ 19 [ŠU₂].⸢ŠU₂⸣ 19 ina še-ri₃ IM.DUGUD AN ŠU₂ [x] [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ina KIN.SIG AN DUL GE₆ 21 DIR AN DIB AN rad PISAN MAH DIB 21 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB [...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆] 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ [ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG 23 DIR AN ZA ⸢ŠED₇⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ZA ŠED₇ GE₆ 26 SAG GE₆ DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI ⸢SI-MAŠ₂⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ [SIG ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN ZA 27 ŠED₇ MAR GIN GE₆ 28 ⸢DIR⸣ [AN x] 28 9.40 KUR DIR NU [PAP ...] | |
| 10' | [... dele-bat] ina ŠU₂ ina GU IGI KUR NIM-a 18 na-su in 28 [IGI ...] ina a-⸢kam₂⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ITU 2(GUR) GUR kas₃ SUMUN 2(GUR) GUR 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 1(BARIG) [...] | |
| 12' | [... 18 na]-⸢su⸣ in 28 IGI GU₄.UD ina MAŠ₂ in 8 [...] | |
| 13' | {[itu}ZIZ₂ 1 ... GE₆] 4 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN [N N ...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢MAH⸣ NIM.GIR₂ NIM.GIR₂ ULU₃ GIN AN ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [... DIR] AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 8 SAG [GE₆ ...] | |
| 16' | [...] [...] | |
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