AD -190A (X201901)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -190A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201901 |
| Museum no. | BM 55539 |
| 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 | Year 121, month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 24°, it was bright; measured (despite) clouds; the moon was |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | 2 cubits in front of η Tauri, the moon being 5/6 cubit low to the south. Ni[ght] of the 1st, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 1st, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Tauri, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the moon being 4 cubits high to the north [...] The 2nd?, all day very overcast. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Night of the 3rd, clouds were in the sky [... a]ll day very overcast. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Night of the 4th, the moon was 1 cubit in front of [η Gemin]orum, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [high] to the north [...] ... Night of the 5th, the moon was |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] behind γ Geminorum [...] the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The 5th, clouds were in the sky [... x]+1/2 cubits, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | the moon [being] a little [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Night of the xth, [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... 1/2 cubit. The 13th, ... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 14° 30', measured. The 14th, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] ... last part of the night?, the moon was ⸢x⸣ cubits behind? β |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Librae. The 15th, sunrise to moonset?: 6° 30', measured?. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 3+[x] cubits above α Scorpii, |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | the moon being 1/2 cubit ... |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | The river level, from the 1st to the 5th, receded 8 fingers, total: 24 was the na na-gauge; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the 6th, it rose 4 fingers, total: 23 was the na na-gauge; from the 7th |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | to the 13th, it rose 1 cubit 8 fingers, total: 16sic was the na na-gauge [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MU 1 ME 21.KAM₂ BAR 1 24 KUR₄ DIR muš sin ina IGI | |
| 2 | MUL₂.MUL₂ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5/6 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢GE₆ 1 DIR⸣ AN ZA | |
| 3 | 1 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4 | sin 4 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM [x x x] 2 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 5 | GE₆ 3 DIR AN ZA [...] ⸢kal⸣ ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | GE₆ 4 sin ina IGI [MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ].⸢MAŠ⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 7 | sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI [NIM ...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 5 sin | |
| 8 | ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA [N N ...] SI GIN | |
| 9 | 5 DIR AN ZA [... x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10 | sin i [...] | |
| 11 | GE₆ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] [x x x x] 1/2 KUŠ₃ 13 ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] GE₆ 14 14.30 ME muš 14 | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢x x x ZALAG₂ sin ar₂⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢RIN₂-ša₂⸣-SI ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ 15 6.30 na muš | |
| 5' | GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin e SI₄ 3+x⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 7' | ILLU TA 1 EN 5 8 U LAL PAP 24 ⸢na⸣ | |
| 8' | 6 4 U GIN PAP 23 na TA 7 | |
| 9' | EN 13 1 KUŠ₃ 8 U GIN PAP 16 na | |
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