AD -201D (X202014)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -201D |
|---|---|
| ID | X202014 |
| Museum no. | BM 36591 |
| 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 | Month XII₂, night of the 28th, ... |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | first part of the night, Mars was 1 cubit above δ |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Cancri; last part of the night, clouds crossed the sky. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 28th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, south storm, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | all day very overcast. Night of the 29th, beginning of the night, clouds were in the sky; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | solar eclipse which was omitted; at 58° before |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | sunrise. The 29th, very overcast. The 30th, very overcast; in the afternoon, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | the south wind blew. The 30th?, Jupiter’s acronychal rising. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 22°, it was bright. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | [Night of the 1st, the moon was] 2 cubits above α Tauri, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [the moon] having passed [...] to the east. The 1st, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] blew. Night of the 2nd, the moon was |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 1/2 cubit in front of ζ Tauri, the moon being 1/2 cubit |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | low to the south. The 2nd, thin clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Night of the 3rd, thin clouds were in the sky; the moon was 1 cubit below |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | μ Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The 3rd, thin clouds were in the sky. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | That month, the river level from the 12th to the 22nd |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | receded 1 cubit 4 fingers, total: 19 was the na na-gauge; from |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010– | the 24thsic to the 30th, it rose 1 5/6 cubits, 11 total: 9 was the na na-gauge; the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, it rose 20? fingers, |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [total: x]+8 was the na na-gauge. That month, the 23rd, locusts |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | attacked, but took nothing. |
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 | {itu}DIR.ŠE GE₆ 28 [x] | |
| 2 | USAN AN e | |
| 3 | MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ DIR AN DIB | |
| 4 | 28 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB me-hu-u₂ ULU₃ | |
| 5 | kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 29 SAG GE₆ DIR AN ZA | |
| 6 | AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ša₂ DIB in 58 GE₆ | |
| 7 | ana ZALAG₂ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 30 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG | |
| 8 | ULU₃ GIN 30 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ME E-a | |
| 9 | {[itu]}BAR 1 22 na-su KUR₄ | |
| 10 | [GE₆ 1 sin] e is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢sin⸣ ana NIM DIB 1 | |
| 2 | [x] GIN GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI | |
| 3 | ⸢ŠUR⸣-ULU₃ 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4 | ana ULU₃ SIG 2 DIR SAL AN ZA | |
| 5 | GE₆ 3 DIR SAL AN ZA sin SIG | |
| 6 | MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 7 | 3 DIR SAL AN ZA | |
| 8 | ITU BI ILLU TA 12 EN 22 | |
| 9 | 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI LAL PAP 19 na TA | |
| 10 | 24 EN 30 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ GIN | |
| 11 | ⸢PAP⸣ 9 na 1 2 3.KAM₂ 20 SI GIN | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [PAP x]+8 na ITU BI 23 | |
| 2 | ⸢BURU₅⸣{hi.a} ZI-a mim-ma NU TI-qe₂ | |
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