AD -192B (X201922)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -192B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201922 |
| Museum no. | BM 41123 |
| 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, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Month V, the 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 15°. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Month VI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 16°, it was bright, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | it could be seen while (the sun) stood there. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 2 cubits behind β |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Librae, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | low to the south. Night of the 3rd, the moon was |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | 1 1/2 cubits above α Scorpii. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88– | Night of the 4th, the moon was 1/2 cubit behind ϑ Ophiuchi, |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1b.e. 1– | the moon being 1/2 cubit low to the south, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 2 cubits below Saturn, the moon being |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
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 | |
| 2 | {itu}NE 28 15 KUR | |
| 3 | {itu}KIN 1 16 na-su KUR₄ | |
| 4 | ina GUB IGI GE₆ 2 sin ar₂ | |
| 5 | RIN₂-ša₂-SI 2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 3 sin | |
| 7 | e SI₄ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | GE₆ 4 sin ar₂ šil-PA 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| r | ||
| 1 | SIG GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ sin | |
| 2 | 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
Sources & licences
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