AD -197A (X201971)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -197A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201971 |
| Museum no. | BM 36733 |
| 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 114, month I, [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind [β Virginis,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | it was set towards its inside. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 10th, the south wind blew; in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind γ Virginis, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the moon being 1 cubit low to the south; |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | last part of the night, overcast. The 11th, clouds [...] the sky, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | slow rain so that the sandal [was (not) removed.] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | Night of the 12th, clouds crossed the sky [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] all day [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | ... Night of the 10+[xth, ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | clouds crossed the sky, rain shower [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | the 13th, moonset to sunrise: 7° 40'; clouds, I did not watch; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, rain shower. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Night of the 14th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 1 cubit behind? |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [α/β] Librae, the moon being 2 cubits? |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | high? to the north; all night very overcast. The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 2°. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | The river level from the 9th to the 11th |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010– | rose [nn] cubits ... |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] around noon, rain DUL [...] |
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⸣.1.54.KAM₂ {itu}⸢BAR⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ [GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A] | |
| 3 | 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana lib₃-bi-šu₂ kun-nu | |
| 4 | 10 ULU₃ GIN ina KIN.<SIG> DIR AN ZA | |
| 5 | GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN | |
| 6 | 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 7 | ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂ 11 DIR ⸢AN⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | AN ne E.SIR₂ [(NU) TUH] | |
| 9 | GE₆ 12 DIR AN ⸢DIB⸣ [x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] [x x] [...] | |
| 2 | [...] [x] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] kal ME [...] | |
| 2 | [x x] GE₆ 10+[x ...] | |
| 3 | DIR AN DIB AN UTAH [...] | |
| 4 | 13 7.40 ŠU₂ DIR NU ⸢PAP⸣ | |
| 5 | ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ⸢DIB⸣ AN UTAH | |
| 6 | GE₆ 14 DIR AN ZA sin ar₂ | |
| 7 | RIN₂-ša₂-[x] 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | ana ⸢SI⸣ NIM kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 15 2 na | |
| 9 | ⸢ILLU⸣ TA 9 EN 11 | |
| 10 | [N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GIN ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] AN.BAR₇ AN DUL [...] | |
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