AD -209E (X202095)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -209E |
|---|---|
| ID | X202095 |
| Museum no. | BM 36028 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Top [0:2] t.e. 1t.e. 1– | At the command of Bēl and Bēl[tiya may it be well]. |
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 102, A[ntiochus ... Night of the 2nd, the moon was ... behind β Scorpii, the moon being ...] |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | low to the south, [it stood] 1 cu[bit] behind Venus [to the east ...] 3 Jupiter having passed 2 fingers to the east [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 6th, coulds were in the sky. Night of the 7th, beg[inning of the night, the moon was ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | low to the south. The 8th, equinox. [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 4° 30'. [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] ... 21 4? [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ina a-mat {d}EN u {d}⸢GAŠAN⸣-[ia₂ liš-lim] | |
| o | ||
| 1 | MU.1.42.KAM₂ {m}⸢an⸣ [... GE₆ 2 sin ar₂ MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N sin N N] | |
| 2 | ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ dele-bat 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana NIM GUB ...] | |
| 3 | MUL₂.BABBAR 2 SI ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | 6 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 7 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆ sin ...] | |
| 5 | ana ULU₃ SIG 8 LAL₂-ti₃ [...] | |
| 6 | ⸢GE₆⸣ 13 4.30 ME [...] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢IGI⸣ 21 4 [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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