AD -199B (X201992)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -199B |
|---|---|
| ID | X201992 |
| Museum no. | BM 33671 |
| 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 112, month XII, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Night of the 16th (and) the 16th, the south wind |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | blew; all day thin clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 17th, the south wind blew; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | last part of the night, the moon was [nn] cubits below β Librae, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the moon having passed a little |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77– | [to the ea]st. The 17th, the south wind blew, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | thin clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [overcast?. Ni]ght of the 18th, cl[ouds] were in the sky; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit 6 fingers above |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | β Scorpii, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the moon having passed a little to the east. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The 18th, very overcast, gusty south wind. |
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.1.52 {itu}ŠE | |
| 2 | GE₆ 16 16 ULU₃ | |
| 3 | GIN kal ME DIR SAL AN ZA | |
| 4 | GE₆ 17 ULU₃ GIN | |
| 5 | [ina] ZALAG₂ sin SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI | |
| 6 | [N] KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa | |
| 7 | [ana] ⸢NIM⸣ DIB 17 ULU₃ GIN | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢DIR⸣ SAL AN ZA ina KIN.SIG | |
| 2 | [ŠU₂] ⸢GE₆⸣ 18 ⸢DIR AN⸣ ZA | |
| 3 | ina ZALAG₂ sin e | |
| 4 | MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 1 KUŠ₃ 6 SI | |
| 5 | sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB | |
| 6 | 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ | |
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