AD -214 (X202140)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | AD -214 |
|---|---|
| ID | X202140 |
| Museum no. | BM 36402 + 36865 |
| 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 [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | Month IX, the 12th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Sagittarius [...] |
| Top [1:3] t.e. 22– | (traces, scratched) |
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 97, month IX, night of the 1[3th?, ...] ..., measured; |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | the bright star of the Old Man ... [...] stood in culmination, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | lunar eclipse; on the east side |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | when it began, in 21° of night all of it became covered; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 16° of night totality; when it began to clear, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | it cleared in 19° of night from east and north to |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the west?; 56° onset, totality, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [and clear]ing; at one-half bēru after sunset. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | [...] eclipse; in its eclipse, ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] its [eclip]se?, Mars came out; the remainder of the planets |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | did not stand there. In its eclipse, the north wind which was set to the west side |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | blew; it was cold. 2 cubits in front of the glow which is inside |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | of Cancer it became eclipsed. The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 9° 10', measured; the north wind blew, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the cold became severe. Ni[ght] of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 8° 20'; |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | clouds, I did not watch; very overcast. The 14th, all day clouds crossed the sky. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Night of the 15th, clouds crossed the sky, slow rain, much PISAN DIB. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The 15th, very overcast. Night of the 16th, all night clouds crossed the sky. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | The 16th, in the morning, overcast? [...] |
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 | GAN 12 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina PA IGI [...] | |
| 2 | ina a-mat ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| o | ||
| 1 | MU 60+37.KAM₂ GAN GE₆ 13 [x] ⸢x x x⸣ muš | |
| 2 | SA₄ ša₂ {mul₂}ŠU.GI a-⸢na⸣ ziq-pi | |
| 3 | GUB-uz {d}sin AN.⸢KU₁₀⸣ A₂ KUR.RA | |
| 4 | ki TAB-u₂ ina 21 GE₆ gab-šu₂ ŠU₂-im | |
| 5 | 16 GE₆ IR₂ ana ZALAG₂-ru ki TAB-u₂ | |
| 6 | ina 19 GE₆ TA KUR.RA u SI a-na | |
| 7 | {⸢im}MAR⸣.TU ZALAG₂-ir 56 GAR IR₂ | |
| 8 | [u ZALAG₂]-⸢ru⸣ in 30 DANNA GE₆ GIN | |
| 9 | [x x x] ⸢AN⸣.KU₁₀ ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ {mul₂}KAK.BAN | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [GUB-uz] ⸢GENNA⸣ ŠU₂ AN E-a ⸢IB₂⸣.TAG₄ {d}UDU.IDIM{meš} | |
| 2 | ⸢NU⸣ GUB-uʾ ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ ⸢SI⸣ ša₂ PA MAR | |
| 3 | GAR GIN ŠED₇ 2 KUŠ₃ ina ⸢IGI⸣ MUL₂{meš} IGI{meš} | |
| 4 | ša₂ ALLA a-dir 13 9.10 ⸢na⸣ muš SI ⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 5 | ŠED₇ ik-te-šir ⸢GE₆⸣ 14 8.20 GE₆ | |
| 6 | DIR NU PAP ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 14 kal ME DIR AN DIB | |
| 7 | GE₆ 15 DIR AN DIB ⸢AN⸣ ne₂-hi PISAN ⸢MAH⸣ DIB | |
| 8 | 15 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 16 kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB | |
| 9 | 16 ina še-ri₃ ⸢ŠU₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.