AD -207B (X202072)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -207B |
|---|---|
| ID | X202072 |
| Museum no. | BM 34663 + 36010 |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] having passed to the east. Ni[ght of the xth,] last part of the night, the moon was in [front of ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [... last part of the] night, the moon stood 2 cubits in front of Mercury to the west; last part of the [night, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... Saturn] became stationary [... η ] Geminorum, having passed 2 fingers to the east. Night of the 30th, first? [part of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... at the en]d of the month, 4 pānu 5 sūtu; dates, 4 pānu 2 sūtu; mustard, 2 kurru 1 pānu; cress, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] were sold in the land. At that time, Jupiter was in Aries; Venus was in Leo, in the beginning of the month, in C[ancer?; ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [... That mon]th, the river level remained constant. |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] ... cubits in front of ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ana NIM DIB ⸢GE₆⸣ [N ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina [IGI ...] | |
| 3' | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina IGI GU₄.UD 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GENNA ... MUL₂-IGI-ša₂]-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 SI ana NIM DIB UŠ GE₆ 30 ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... ina] ⸢TIL⸣ ITU 4(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) ZU₂ 4(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) GAZI{sar} 2(GUR) GUR 1 PI sah [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ina KUR SUM i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina HUN dele-bat ina A ina SAG ITU ina ⸢ALLA⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... ITU] ⸢BI⸣ ILLU GUB | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ ina IGI SI ⸢x KUŠ₃⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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