AD -198A (X201981)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -198A |
|---|---|
| ID | X201981 |
| Museum no. | BM 33992 |
| 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 113, Month [I, ... Night] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | of the 19th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 1[9th, ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | thin clouds were in the sky, the north wind [blew.] Night of the 20th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | ... thin clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. <...>? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | thin clouds were in the sky. Night [of the 21st, last part of the ni]ght, the moon was |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 2 cubits behind β Capricorni, the m[oon being ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | low to the south, it stood [...] behind Ju[piter] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | to the east, the moon being 4? [mm] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | high [to the north.] The 21st, in the afternoon, [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | Night of the 22nd, last part of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the north wind blew. The 23rd, [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Night of the 24th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | blew. The 24th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | clouds were in the sky, the south wind [blew ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | The river level from the 19th to the 21st ... |
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+53.KAM₂ {itu}[BAR ... GE₆] | |
| 2 | 19 DIR AN ZA SI GIN 19 [...] | |
| 3 | DIR SAL AN ZA SI [GIN] GE₆ 20 ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | GIN DIR SAL AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 5 | DIR SAL AN ZA GE₆ 21 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂ sin⸣ | |
| 6 | ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin⸣ [N N] | |
| 7 | ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ MUL₂.[BABBAR N N] | |
| 8 | ana NIM GUB sin 4 [N ana SI] | |
| 9 | NIM 21 ina KIN.SIG [...] | |
| 10 | GE₆ 22 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | GE₆ 24 DIR AN [...] | |
| 4' | GIN 24 DIR AN [...] | |
| 5' | DIR AN ZA ULU₃ [GIN x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN⸣ x | |
| 7' | ⸢DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN⸣ | |
| 8' | ILLU TA 19 ⸢EN⸣ 21 na [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢x x⸣ | |
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