AD -209B (X202092)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -209B |
|---|---|
| ID | X202092 |
| Museum no. | BM 40116 |
| 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] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... gusty south wind, rain DUL, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night] of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of α Gemi[norum ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] sunset to setting of Saturn: [x]+4°. Night of the 8th, very overcast; beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the m]oon was 1 cubit behind ρ Leonis. The 10th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... Night of the 13th, ...] ...; beginning of the night, the moon was 1+[x mm] above α Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] after sunrise; very overcast; in the afternoon, rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... first] part of the night, Venus was 3 cubits above α Tauri; overcast, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] cubits. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below γ Capri[corni ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] very overcast. The 23rd, very overcast, rain shower, ... [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] much heavy thunder, th[ick?] rain [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] ... Night of the 28th, first part of the night, Venu[s ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] at sunset, 2 sections [of a rainbow ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] At that time, Jupiter was in Aquarius; Venus in the beginning of the mon[th ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [Month II, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] ... the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of β Tauri, [it stood ...] in front of Mer[cury to the west ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... first] part of the night, Mercury was ... below β Tauri [...] |
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 x] [...] | |
| 2' | [...] [x] ULU₃ ŠAR₂ AN DUL-⸢hat⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆] 6 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MAŠ.⸢MAŠ⸣-[IGI N N ...] | |
| 4' | [... x]+4 na GENNA GE₆ 8 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆] ⸢sin⸣ ar₂ MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-ar₂-LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ 10 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆ 13 ...] [x] SAG GE₆ sin e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1+[x N ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ME NIM-a ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SUHUR-[IGI N N ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 23 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] GU₃ U MAH KALAG AN ⸢kab⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] [x] GE₆ 28 USAN dele-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ 2 bu-tuq-tu₂ {d}[TIR.AN.NA ...] | |
| 14' | [...] i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina GU dele-bat ina SAG ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | [GU₄ 1 ...] ⸢x⸣ sin ina IGI ŠUR-SI 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI ⸢GU₄⸣.[UD N N ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD SIG ⸢ŠUR-SI⸣ [x x] [...] | |
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