AD -204B (X202042)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -204B |
|---|---|
| ID | X202042 |
| Museum no. | BM 34023 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | ... Night of the 10+[xth], first part of the night?, clouds [...] the sk[y ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | measured (despite) clouds; clouds were in the sky; beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | last part of the night, overcast. The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 2°; clouds, I did not watch. [Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: nn°,] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | measured (despite) clouds; first part of the night, Mars was [...] above γ Geminorum; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | last [part of the] night, the moon was 2 fin[gers] below π Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Night of the 16th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Scorpii. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The 16th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 17th, first part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit 4 fingers above? [η] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | Geminorum; clouds? [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind ϑ Ophiuchi; clouds [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | The 17th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 18th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | thin clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, a little rain shower. Night [of the 19th, first part of the night, Venus was] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 1 cubit 4 fingers [above] μ Geminorum; thin clouds were [in the sky;] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | last part of the night, the moon was surrounded by a halo which was not closed. The 19th, thin clouds were in the sky. |
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' | [x] ⸢GE₆⸣ 10+[x] ⸢USAN⸣ DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | DIR muš DIR AN ZA SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂ 14 2 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP [GE₆ 15 N GE₆] | |
| 4' | DIR muš USAN AN e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA [N N] | |
| 5' | ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin SIG MUL₂-SIG-ša₂-⸢SAG-GIR₂.TAB⸣ 2 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | GE₆ 16 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SI₄ [N N] | |
| 7' | 16 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 17 USAN dele-bat ⸢e⸣ | |
| 8' | [MUL₂-IGI]-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI DIR [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | 17 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 18 x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | DIR SAL AN ZA ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH <i>-ṣa GE₆ 19 USAN dele-bat e] | |
| 4 | MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI DIR SAL [AN ZA] | |
| 5 | ina ZALAG₂ sin TUR₃ NU ⸢KAD₂ NIGIN⸣ 19 DIR SAL AN ⸢ZA⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣ x SAL HI UD DU | |
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