AD -186D (X201864)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -186D |
|---|---|
| ID | X201864 |
| Museum no. | BM 35058 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... Mars was] in Gemini. That month, the ri[ver level ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Month XII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] ... The 1st, Mercury’s last appearance in the west [in the end] of Pisces; I did not watch; all day very overcast, rain D[UL ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... very over]cast?. The 3rd, in the morning, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... all] day clouds were in the sky. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above [μ Geminorum ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] ... Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of δ Can[cri ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] ... first part of the night, Venus was 4 cubits abovesic β Arietis [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... the c]old became severe. Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 6° 40', measured; beginning of the night, the moon [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] I did not watch; in the afternoon, thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 15th, last part of the night, the moon [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... st]ood?. The 17th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, rain DUL; in the after[noon, ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [below] β Capricorni, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 21st, a[ll day ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] thin clouds were in the sky; the moon stood 1 cubit behind Jupiter to the westsic [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [... a]ll night clouds were in the sky. The 25th, ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [... AN] ⸢ina⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ ITU BI ⸢ILLU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | {[itu}ŠE 1 ...] ⸢x 1 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂⸣ [ina TIL] zib{me} ŠU₂ NU PAP kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN ⸢DUL⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... ŠU₂].⸢ŠU₂⸣ 3 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ZA GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ sin [...] | |
| 5' | [... kal] ME DIR AN ZA GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin e ⸢MUL₂⸣-[ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ N N ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-[ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 7' | [...] [x] USAN <dele>-bat e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢ŠED₇⸣ šir GE₆ 13 6.40 ME muš SAG GE₆ sin [...] | |
| 9' | [...] NU PAP ina KIN.SIG DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 15 ina ZALAG₂ sin [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ 17 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB AN DUL ina KIN.⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG] SI-MAŠ₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 21 ⸢kal⸣ [ME ...] | |
| 12' | [...] DIR SAL AN ZA sin ar₂ MUL₂.BABBAR 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ ⸢GUB⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ DIR AN ZA 25 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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