AD -213 (X202130)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -213 |
|---|---|
| ID | X202130 |
| Museum no. | Rm 847 |
| 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 | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [in front of β] Virginis; last part of the night, Jupiter was [...] above α Librae |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... Night of the 21st,] last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of γ Virginis; clouds were in the sky. The 21st, clouds were in the sky. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... Night] of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits above α Librae, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night of the 25th,] last part of the night, the moon was 1+[x] cubits behind β Librae |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55– | [...] (traces) |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [... year 13]8, king Antiochus the rest ... |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | the great door. |
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 | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI GIR₃]-ar₂-ša₂-A 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.BABBAR e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ | |
| 2 | [N N ... GE₆ 21 ⸢ina⸣ ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ DIR AN ZA 21 DIR AN ZA | |
| 3 | [... GE₆] 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 4 | [... GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ RIN₂-⸢ša₂-SI⸣ 1+[x] KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x x x x {m⸣}an LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... MU 60+38.KAM₂ {m}an LUGAL IB₂.TAG₄ APIN ana muh-hi | |
| 2 | {giš}IG GAL-tu₄ SAR | |
Sources & licences
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