AD -195E (X201955)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -195E |
|---|---|
| ID | X201955 |
| Museum no. | BM 30830 |
| 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. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | 3 cubits below ϑ Leonis. The 10th, the north wind blew. Night of the 1[1th,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the north wind blew; beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind β Virginis, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the moon being 1 cubit 6 fingers high to the north. The 11th, clouds were in the sky, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the north wind blew. Night of the 12th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 1 1/2 cubits behind γ Virginis, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits high to the north; last part of the night, overcast. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 1° 30'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky, rain shower. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 10° 10'; clouds, I did not watch; all night gusty wind. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 7°, measured; the north wind blew; Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Aries; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | it was bright (and) high, sunset to setting of Mercury: 15°; (ideal) first appearance on the 11th. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Ni]ght of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 5° 40'; last part of the night, the moon was [...] above α Librae, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [the moon being] 1/2 cubit back to the west, [it stood] 2 cubits in front of Mars |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [to the west. The 1]4th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 15th, last [part of the night,] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [the moon was] 3 cubits [behind β ] Librae, the moo[n being] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] low [to the south.] Night of the 16th, last part of the night, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [the moon was x]+1/2 cubits [above α Scorpii,] the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | <it stood> [x]+1/2 cubits [behind Saturn] to the east. The 16th, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Night of the 1]7th, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits above ϑ Ophiuchi, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | The 18th, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Month XI, until the 30th, (the river level) receded 1 cubit 8 fingers, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | total: 23 was the na na-gauge; month <XII>, from the 1st to the 14th, |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99– | it receded 8 fingers, total: 25 was the na na-gauge. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | (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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MU 60+56.KAM₂ GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 2 | SIG GIŠ.KUN-A 3 KUŠ₃ 10 SI GIN GE₆ 11 | |
| 3 | SI GIN SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4 | sin 1 KUŠ₃ 6 SI ana SI NIM 11 DIR AN ZA | |
| 5 | SI GIN GE₆ 12 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 6 | ar₂ DELE 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂ | |
| 7 | 12 1.30 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP DIR AN DIB AN UTAH | |
| 8 | GE₆ 13 10.10 ME DIR NU PAP kal GE₆ IM ŠAR₂ | |
| 9 | 13 7 na muš SI GIN GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina HUN | |
| 10 | IGI KUR NIM-a 15 na-su in 11 IGI | |
| 11 | ⸢GE₆⸣ 14 5.40 GE₆ ina ZALAG₂ sin e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ | |
| 12 | [N N sin] 1/2 KUŠ₃⸣ ana ŠU₂ LAL ina IGI AN 2 KUŠ₃ KUŠ₃ | |
| 13 | [ana ŠU₂ GUB] 14 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 15 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ | |
| 14 | [sin ar₂] ⸢RIN₂⸣-ša₂-SI 3 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [N N ana ULU₃] SIG GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ | |
| 2 | [sin e SI₄ x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 3 | [ar₂ GENNA x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM <GUB> 16 SI GIN | |
| 4 | [GE₆] 17 SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin e šil-PA | |
| 5 | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 6 | 18 SI GIN | |
| 7 | {itu}ZIZ₂ EN 30 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI LAL | |
| 8 | PAP 23 na {itu}<ŠE> TA 1 EN 14 | |
| 9 | 8 SI LAL PAP 25 na | |
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