AD -198D (X201984)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -198D |
|---|---|
| ID | X201984 |
| Museum no. | BM 34988 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | ... [... Night of the 27th, last part of the night, the moon ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | stood 2 cubits in front of Mercury to the west [... a rainbow] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | stretched on the south and east side. Night of the 20+xth, [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Venus was in Capricorn, in the middle of the month, in Aquarius; around [...] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | 1 cubit 4 fingers; until the end of the month, 1 2/3 [cubits ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Month XII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 25°; it was bright, earthshine, measured; it could be seen while (the sun) stood there [... Night of the 4th, the moon was] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | 1 cubit [below ζ Tau]ri , the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] rain shower. Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was [surrounded] by a halo [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Night of the 10th, beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind ρ Leonis. The 10th, Saturn’s [acronychal rising ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... x]+2 cubits. The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 2° 40'?, measured; very overcast, [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: nn°;] measured (despite) [clouds?;] last part of the night, the moon was 1+[x ...] above α Librae [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] ... was surrounded by a halo. Night of the 18th, very overcast [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | [... r]ain shower. Night [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [... kings] Antiochus and his son Antiochus. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [... GE₆ 27 ina ZALAG₂ sin ... ina] | |
| 2' | IGI GU₄.UD 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ ⸢GUB⸣ [... TIR.AN.NA] | |
| 3' | A₂ ULU₃ u KUR GIB GE₆ 20+⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | dele-bat ina MAŠ₂ ina MURUB₄ ITU ina GU in [...] | |
| 5' | 1 KUŠ₃ 4 U EN TIL ITU 1 2/3 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 6' | ŠE 1 25 na KUR₄ a-pir muš ina GUB ⸢IGI⸣ [... GE₆ 4 sin SIG] | |
| 7' | ⸢ŠUR⸣-[GIGIR]-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB [...] | |
| 8' | [x x] AN UTAH GE₆ 8 DIR AN ZA sin ⸢TUR₃⸣ [NIGIN ...] | |
| 9' | [GE₆ 10 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-TUR 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 10 GENNA ana [ME E-a ...] | |
| 10' | [... x]+2 KUŠ₃ 13 2.40 ŠU₂ muš ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 11' | [GE₆ 15 N GE₆ DIR] muš ina ZALAG₂ sin e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1+[x ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ GE₆ 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢AN UTAH⸣ GE₆ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] an u {m}an ⸢A⸣-[šu₂ LUGAL{meš]} | |
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