AD -187B (X201872)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -187B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201872 |
| Museum no. | BM 35323 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Mars? was 1/2 [cubit] above δ Capricorni [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | ⸢x⸣ cubits. Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 7° 30', measured; beginning of the night, the moon was below [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 1° 30'. Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 6° 30'; first part of the night, the moon was [...] below γ Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | measured (despite) clouds; in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 15th (and) the 15th, very overcast; Mercury’s [first appearance] in the west in Pisces [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Night of the 16th (and) the 16th, very overcast. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 fingers? behind β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of α Scorpii. Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [ϑ Ophiuchi ...,] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south; thin clouds were in the sky. The 19th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | The 20th, very overcast. Night of the 21st (and) the 21st, very overcast. Night of the 22nd, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | The 22nd, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, [the moon was ... below β Capricorni, the moon] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | having passed a little to the east, 1 cubit below Jupiter, the moon [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 1b.e. 1 | [Night] of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ Capri[corni, the moon being ...] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 22–b.e. 22 | high to the north. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind δ Capri[corni, the moon being ...] |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 33– | high? to the north?, it stood 1 5/6 cubits in front of Mars to the west [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [The 2]7th, [moonrise to sunrise:] ⸢x⸣, measured (despite) clouds. Night of the 28th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [The 2]9th?, Jupiter was 2 [cubits below] β Capricorni. The 30th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | (illegible) |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | for 1 shekel of sil[ver ...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66– | [...] ... reached ... [...] |
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 x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢AN e⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ GE₆ 13 7.30 ME muš SAG GE₆ sin SIG [...] | |
| 4' | 13 1.30 ŠU₂ GE₆ 14 6.30 GE₆ USAN sin SIG DELE-ša₂-⸢IGI⸣-[ABSIN N N ...] | |
| 5' | DIR muš ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 15 15 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina zib{[me} IGI ...] | |
| 6' | GE₆ 16 16 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-SI 2 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI₄ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI [MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA N N] | |
| 8' | sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG DIR SAL AN ZA 19 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | 20 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 21 21 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 22 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 10' | 22 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ [sin SIG SI-MAŠ₂ N N sin] | |
| 11' | [i]-ṣa ana NIM DIB SIG MUL₂.BABBAR 1 KUŠ₃ sin [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [GE₆] 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-[MAŠ₂ N N sin N N] | |
| 2 | [ana] ⸢SI⸣ NIM GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-[SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N sin N N] | |
| 3 | ana ⸢SI NIM⸣ ina IGI AN 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 27 x⸣ [KUR] DIR muš GE₆ 28 x x [...] | |
| 2 | 29 MUL₂.BABBAR⸣ [SIG] SI-MAŠ₂ 2 [KUŠ₃] 30 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [x] ⸢x KUR-ad₂ x⸣ [...] | |
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