AD -200A (X202001)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -200A |
|---|---|
| ID | X202001 |
| Museum no. | BM 36807 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 111, month XI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | was seen? at sunset; clouds were in the sky. The 1st, in [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Night of the 2nd (and) the 2nd, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 3rd, very overcast [ first part of the night,] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Venus was 2 cubits below η Piscium. The 3rd, in the morning, clouds |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | crossed the sky, rain DUL, all day very overcast. Night of the 4th, the moon was 1 cubit 6 fingers in front of β <Arietis>, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | the moon being 4 cubits low to the south, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | it stood 1 1/2 cubits behind Venus to the east, the moon being 1/2 cubit low to the south. The 4th, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | the north wind blew. Night of the 5th, the moon was 2 cubits behind α Arietis, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | the moon being 5 cubits low to the south. The 5th, all day very overcast, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of η Tauri, the moon being |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 6th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Night of the 7th, very overcast, the south wind blew, slow ..., PISAN DIB. The 7th, ... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | clouds crossed the sky, the south wind blew; around noon, rain DUL. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Night of the 8th, clouds crossed the sky; first part of the night, it thundered once, twice, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | thrice, thick rain, PISAN DIB, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] ... the north wind which was set to the west side blew. The 8th, clouds |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717– | were in the [sky], the north wind blew; in the afternoon, very overcast. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Night] of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was [nn] cubits below η Geminorum. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [nn] cubits behind γ Geminorum, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | the moon being 1/2 cubit high to the north. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | the moon was 5 cubits below β Geminorum, the moon being a little high to the northsic. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Night of the 12th, thin clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was surrounded by a halo. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The 12th, in the morning, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 6 cubits below ε Leonis, the moon having passed a little to the east. Night of the 14th, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | beginning of the night, <the moon> was 1 cubit behind α Leonis, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south; first part of the night?, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Venus was 4 cubits below α Arietis. The 14th, ... |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Month X, the 15th, there was α fire in the district of Eridu |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | in a storehouse of the guards of statues |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | opposite of the Lamassu-rabi gate. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | That month, the river level from the 1st to the 12th |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | receded 2? cubits 8 fingers, total: 23 was the n[a na-gauge ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | That month, ... [...] |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616– | the cella of Bēl ... [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] Night of the 9th?, first part of the night, Venus was below β? Arietis? |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | 3 cubits?. |
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+51.KAM₂ {itu}ZIZ₂ 30 [...] | |
| 2 | ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ IGI DIR AN ZA 1 ina [...] | |
| 3 | GE₆ 2 2 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 3 ŠU₂.⸢ŠU₂⸣ [USAN] | |
| 4 | dele-bat SIG DUR-nu-nu 2 KUŠ₃ 3 ina še-ri₃ DIR | |
| 5 | AN DIB AN DUL kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 4 sin ina IGI MUL₂-⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 6 | 1 KUŠ₃ 6 SI sin 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ dele-bat | |
| 7 | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 4 | |
| 8 | SI GIN GE₆ 5 sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN | |
| 9 | 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 5 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN | |
| 10 | GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin | |
| 11 | 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 6 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 12 | GE₆ 7 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN NIM ne₂-hi PISAN DIB 7 [x] | |
| 13 | DIR AN DIB ULU₃ GIN AN.BAR₇ AN DUL | |
| 14 | GE₆ 8 DIR AN DIB USAN U 1-en-šu₂ 2-šu₂ | |
| 15 | 3-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-di AN kab-bar PISAN DIB | |
| 16 | [x x] SI ša₂ kap MAR GAR GIN 8 DIR | |
| 17 | [AN] ⸢ZA⸣ SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [GE₆] 9 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 2 | [N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA | |
| 3 | [N] KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ | |
| 4 | sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 5 KUŠ₃ 5 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana SI NIM | |
| 5 | GE₆ 12 DIR SAL AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin TUR₃ NIGIN | |
| 6 | 12 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ZA GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 7 | SIG SAG-A 6 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB GE₆ 14 | |
| 8 | SAG GE₆ <sin> ar₂ LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG USAN | |
| 9 | dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 KUŠ₃ 14 ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 10 | {itu}AB U₄ 15 IZI ina KI-ti₃ ERI.DU₁₀ | |
| 11 | ina E₂ ŠU{ii} ša₂ {lu₂}na-ṣir{meš} ša₂ ALAM{meš} | |
| 12 | ana tar-ṣu KA₂-LAMA₃-ra-bi GAL₂-ši | |
| 13 | ITU BI ILLU TA 1 EN 12 | |
| 14 | 2 KUŠ₃ 8 SI LAL PAP 23 ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | ITU BI x si [x x x] [...] | |
| 16 | pa-pa-hu ša₂ {d}EN it-[...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x] GE₆ 9 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN | |
| 2 | 3 KUŠ₃⸣ | |
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