AD -212B (X202122)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -212B |
|---|---|
| ID | X202122 |
| Museum no. | BM 35833 |
| 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 | [...] Month XI, (the first of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 9° 20'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds [...] the sk[y? ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... nn cub]its. The 3rd, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 4th, beginn[ing of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] a little [ra]in shower. Around the 4th, [when] Mars [became stationary to the east, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | it became stationary [...] Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... the moon was] 2 cubits behind α Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... Night] of the 8th, the moon was 2 cubits above α Tauri. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] strong gusty south wind, thunder, ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Jupiter [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the sandal was not [removed ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... it thun]dered [on]ce, twice [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] sunset?, thun[der ...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [...] ... δ Capricorni [...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | [...] ... The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 11°; [...] |
| Top [2:3] t.e. 33–t.e. 33 | [...] 5/6 cubit [...] ε? Leonis, in front of ... [...] |
| Top [3:4] t.e. 44–t.e. 44 | [... to] the end of month XII,2 of year 99 [...] |
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 | [...] {itu}ZIZ₂ 30 9.20 DIR NU PAP DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [... N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 3 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 4 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆ ...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢AN⸣ UTAH i-ṣa in EN 4 AN ana [NIM ki UŠ-u₂ ...] | |
| 4 | [...] UŠ GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ DIR [...] | |
| 5 | [...] ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [...] 8 sin e is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ ŠAR₂ KALAG ⸢GU₃ U⸣ A x [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR [...] | |
| 3' | [...] E.SIR₂ NU [TUH ...] | |
| 4' | [... 1-en]-⸢šu₂⸣ 2-šu₂ GU₃-[šu₂ ŠUB ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ šamaš₂ GU₃ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x⸣ SUHUR ⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x⸣ 27 11 ⸢KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ A 5/6 KUŠ₃ ina IGI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢EN⸣ TIL DIR ša₂ MU.1.39.KAM₂ [...] | |
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