AD -195B (X201952)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -195B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201952 |
| Museum no. | BM 34564 |
| 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 116, mon[th VII, night] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | of the 16th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the m[oon was] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 2 cubits [...] ζ Tauri. The 16th, clouds [...] the sky. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 17th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | μ Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit [low to the south.] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 17th, thin clouds were in the sky. Night of the 18th, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 4 cubits ??? α Geminorum. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The 18th, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | clouds were in the sky. Night of the 19th, clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits in front of δ Cancri. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The 19th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 20th, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 4 1/2 cubits below ε Leonis, |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313– | the moon being 1/2 cubit [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | The 20th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 21st, clouds were in the sky; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind α Leonis, the moon being 1 cubit |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | high to the north. The 21st, clouds crossed the sky. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Night of the 22nd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | 4 cubits below ϑ Leonis, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | to the east. The 22nd, clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Night of the 23rd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 1 1/2 cubits behind β Virginis, the moon being 1 cubit |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | high to the north, it stood 2 1/2 [cubits] in front of Mars |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | to the west, the moon being 2 cubits [high] to the north. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | The 23rd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212– | Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | 2/3 cubit [... γ] Virginis ... |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [Night of the 25th, last part of the night,] the moon was [...] behind α |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | [Virginis. Night of the 26th,] last part of the night, the moon was 2? cubits in front of [α Librae.] |
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.1.56.KAM₂ {⸢itu⸣}DU₆ [GE₆] | |
| 2 | 16 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ [x] | |
| 3 | ŠUR-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ 16 ⸢DIR AN⸣ [x] | |
| 4 | GE₆ 17 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI | |
| 5 | ⸢MUL₂⸣-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana⸣ [ULU₃ SIG] | |
| 6 | 17 DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 18 | |
| 7 | DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI | |
| 8 | 4 KUŠ₃ 18 | |
| 9 | DIR AN ZA GE₆ 19 DIR AN ZA | |
| 10 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ | |
| 11 | 3 KUŠ₃ 19 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 20 | |
| 12 | DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG ⸢SAG-A⸣ | |
| 13 | 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ [ana x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 20 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 21 ⸢DIR AN⸣ ZA | |
| 2 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ LUGAL 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3 | ana SI NIM 21 DIR AN DIB | |
| 4 | GE₆ 22 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 5 | SIG GIŠ.KUN-A 4 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6 | ana NIM DIB 22 DIR AN ZA | |
| 7 | GE₆ 23 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 8 | ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 9 | ana SI NIM ina IGI AN 2 1/2 [KUŠ₃] | |
| 10 | ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI [NIM] | |
| 11 | 23 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 12 | GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin [x] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [DELE-ša₂]-⸢IGI-ABSIN 2/3 KUŠ₃ ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin ar₂ | |
| 2 | SA₄-[ša₂-ABSIN N N GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃] | |
| 3 | 2 KUŠ₃⸣ | |
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