AD -195C (X201953)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -195C |
|---|---|
| ID | X201953 |
| Museum no. | BM 31804 |
| 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, month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 12° 20+[x]'; |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | measured (despite) clouds. The 1st, all day clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Night of the 2nd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, Mars ??? fingers below γ |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Virginis. The 2nd, clouds were in the sky, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [the moon] stood 2 1/2 cubits in front of Venus to the west, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [the moon being nn] cubits high to the north. The 3rd, all day |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [clouds] were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [the moon was] 2 cubits [behind β Capri]corni, the moon being 2 5/6 cubits |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [low to the south. The 4th?,] clouds were in the sky. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111– | [the moon was] 6 fingers [...] γ Capricorni, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] were in the sky. The 6th, all day |
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+56.⸢KAM₂⸣ {itu}APIN 1 12.20+[x] | |
| 2 | na-su DIR muš 1 kal ME DIR AN ZA | |
| 3 | GE₆ 2 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG | |
| 4 | DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 8 SI 2 DIR AN ZA | |
| 5 | SI GIN GE₆ 3 DIR AN ZA | |
| 6 | [sin] ina IGI dele-bat 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB | |
| 7 | [sin N] KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 3 kal ME | |
| 8 | [DIR] ⸢AN⸣ ZA SI GIN GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ | |
| 9 | [sin ar₂ SI]-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 5/6 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10 | [ana ULU₃ SIG 4 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ | |
| 11 | [sin x x MUL₂]-IGI 6 SI sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ZA 6 kal ME | |
| 2 | [...] | |
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