AD -190E (X201905)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -190E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201905 |
| Museum no. | BM 32951 |
| 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] 2'2'–2'2' | [... α] Virginis 2 [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [... Ni]ght of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cu[bit?] behind β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... Ma]rs was 3 cubits above α Tauri. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below [γ/δ Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] having passed [to the ea]st. The 26th, very overcast. The 27th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Pisces [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... the sun] made (an eclipse) of more [than x] of the disc. When it began to clear, [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [... during the eclipse, ... stood] there; during clearing, Mars came out; the re[mainder of the planets did not stand there ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [... cr]ess, 1 pānu 3 sūtu; sesame, 3 sūtu? [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] 9'9'–10'10' | [... Mars was in T]aurus. That month, the river level [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | (traces) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 2 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-SI 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG ⸢MUL₂⸣-[x-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ N N ...] | |
| 5' | [... ana] ⸢NIM⸣ DIB 26 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 27 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina zib{me} ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] šu₂ HAB-rat DIR GAR-an ana ZALAG₂-⸢ru ki TAB-u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... GUB]{meš} ina ZALAG₂-ru AN E-a IB₂.[TAG₄ UDU.IDIM{meš} NU GUB{meš} ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢sah⸣-le₁₀ 1(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 3(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 9' | [... AN ina] ⸢MUL₂⸣.MUL₂ ITU BI ILLU [...] |
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