AD -192A (X201921)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -192A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201921 |
| Museum no. | MNB 1879 |
| 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 119, month [II,] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | the 18th, Mercury’s first [appearance] in the west in Gemini; |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | it was bright (and) high, sunset to setting of Mercury: 15°; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (ideal) first appearance on the 16th. The 19th, all day |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | clouds? were in the sky. Night of the 20th, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | first part of the night?, <Mercury>? was 2 1/2? cubits? below? β Geminorum. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77– | The 20th, clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Night of the 21st, [last part of the night?,] the moon was |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 5/6? cubit in front of η Piscium, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | the moon being 4 cubits low to the south. |
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 | ⸢MU⸣ 60+59.KAM₂ {itu}[GU₄] | |
| 2 | 18 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ.MAŠ ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 3 | KUR NIM-a 15 na-su | |
| 4 | in 16 IGI 19 kal ME | |
| 5 | DIR AN ZA GE₆ 20 | |
| 6 | USAN <GU₄.UD> SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ | |
| 7 | 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 20 DIR AN ZA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GE₆ 21 [ina ZALAG₂] sin | |
| 2 | ina IGI DUR-nu-nu 5/6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | sin 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
Sources & licences
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