AD -209A (X202091)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -209A |
|---|---|
| ID | X202091 |
| Museum no. | BM 35030 |
| 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 | [...] first part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above Saturn. The 1st, very overcast, gusty south wind. Night of the 2nd, beginn[ing of the night,] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... ni]ght, very overcast, rain shower. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits below β Tauri. Ni[ght? of the 5th?,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] much [...], thick rain, much PISAN DIB, it rained large hail stones. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... r]ain?, PISAN DIB. The 6th, very overcast; in the afternoon, lightning flashed, much heavy thunder, thick rain [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] 1 cubit [... δ? Can]cri. The 7th, Saturn’s last appearance in the end of Aries. Night of the 9th, very overcast. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... Night of the 1]1th?, beginning of the night, the moon was ⸢x⸣ cubits in front of β Virginis. The 11th, very overcast. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... in front of γ Virginis ...] The 13th?, moonrise to sunset: 16°? 30'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky. The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 30', measured (despite) clouds. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] much thunder, rain shower. The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 8° 20'; clouds, I did not watch; very overcast; at sunset, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] much? [PISAN?] DIB. Night of the 17th, very overcast; last part of the night, the moon was 2? cubits behind ϑ Ophiuchi. Night of the 20th, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] the moon being 2 cubits low to the south; very overcast. The 22nd, very overcast. Night of the 23rd, very overcast. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [... in the af]ternoon, lightning flashed, much thunder, clouds crossed the sky, ..., much PISAN? DIB?. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] lightning flashed?, much thunder, PISAN? DIB. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'– | [...] king [Antioch]us. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] king [A]ntiochus. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [...] USAN dele-bat e GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ 1 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ŠAR₂ GE₆ 2 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ sin SIG ŠUR-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ 5 | |
| 3 | [...] MAH AN kab-bar PISAN MAH DIB NA₄ GAL{meš} NA₄ ŠUR-nun | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ PISAN DIB 6 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH KALAG AN kab-bar [x] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ALLA⸣-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ 7 ⸢GENNA⸣ ina TIL LU ŠU₂ GE₆ 9 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | [... GE₆] 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI ⸢GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A x⸣ KUŠ₃ 11 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 7 | [ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN N N ...] 13 16.30 ME DIR NU PAP DIR AN DIB 14 30 NINDA ŠU₂ DIR muš | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢GU₃⸣ U MAH AN UTAH 15 8.20 ⸢na⸣ DIR NU PAP ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢MAH⸣ DIB GE₆ 17 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 20 | |
| 10 | [...] sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 22 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢GE₆ 23 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢KIN⸣.SIG GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH DIR AN DIB ⸢x PISAN⸣ MAH DIB | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃⸣ U ⸢MAH PISAN⸣ DIB | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... {m}an-ti-ʾu-uk]-⸢su⸣ LUGAL | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... {m]}⸢an⸣-ti-ʾu-uk-su LUGAL | |
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