AD -211A (X202111)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -211A |
|---|---|
| ID | X202111 |
| Museum no. | BM 41471 |
| 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 | [... the moon] stood [... in front of Venus to the we]st. Night of the 2nd, the moon was [...] in front of δ Sc[orpii ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... Night of the 4th, the moon was] 5 fingers below Mars; first part of the night, Jupiter was [...] above ϑ Ophiuchi [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits [behind β] Capricorni. Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 [cubit] below δ Capricorni [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] ... beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of η Piscium. The 14th, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] I did not watch. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits in front of α Tauri. Night of the 18th, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [... η/μ] Geminorum. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind γ Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... Night of the 23rd, last part of the] night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of α Leonis. Night of the 24th, first part of the night, Venus? [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... Mercury's] first appearance in the west, omitted. Night of the 26th, very overcast, a little rain shower. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] ... That month, the equivalent [for 1 shekel of silver was]: barley, 3 pānu 3 sūtu; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [... Mars, in the beginning of the mon]th, was in Scorpius, at the end of the month, in Sagittarius. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [...] behind ... [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [... year 1]00?, [king] Antiochus. |
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 | [... sin ina IGI dele-bat N N ana] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ GUB GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI MUL₂-⸢MURUB₄⸣-[ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N ...] | |
| 2 | [... GE₆ 4 sin] ⸢SIG⸣ AN 5 SI USAN MUL₂.BABBAR e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-⸢šil-PA⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 3 | [... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ SI]-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 4 | [...] x SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 14 [...] | |
| 5 | [...] NU PAP GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 18 [...] | |
| 6 | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ... ša₂]-⸢še⸣-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-⸢SIPA⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 7 | [... GE₆ 23 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina IGI LUGAL 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 24 USAN ⸢dele-bat⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | [... GU₄.UD] ina ŠU₂ IGI DIB GE₆ 26 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ITU BI KI.LAM še-im 3(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) | |
| 10 | [... AN ina SAG] ⸢ITU⸣ ina GIR₂.TAB ina TIL ITU ina PA | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [...] ar₂ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... MU 60+40.KAM₂⸣ {m}an-ti-ʾu-⸢uk⸣-[su LUGAL] | |
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