AD -229B (X202292)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -229B |
|---|---|
| ID | X202292 |
| Museum no. | BM 41871 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] 22nd, ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... rain] shower. Night of the 23rd, beginning of the night?, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... da]tes, 3 pānu; mustard, 1 kurru; cress, 1 pānu 4 sūtu; se[same, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... At that] time, Jupiter was in Gemini; Venus was in Pisces, at the end of the month, in A[ries ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] That month, I did not watch the river level. That month, the people which for ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... That month, when the rituals of the gods ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... presented offerings ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] the chief lamentation priest [recited?] erša¿unga-tablets and ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] the general of the four generals’ house against [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] king [Sel]eucus and his sons on the left of the Euphra[tes ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] ... Night of the 17th (and) the 17th, when the ritual upon [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... very overcast. Night of the 13th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Night of the 14th, ...] very overcast?; beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind γ Virginis, it [stood] 1 cubit 4 fingers behind Saturn to the east [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] sunset to moonrise: 7°?, measured (despite) clouds; beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind α Virginis. The 15th, cold, gusty north wind [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Night of the 17th, thin clouds were in the sky, the moon was surrounded by a halo; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of δ Scor[pii ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... Night of the 18th, first part of the night, Mars was] 4 cubits [... ϑ] Leonis; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind α Scorpii; very overcast. The 18th, very overcast. Night of the 19th, last part of the night, [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] Jupiter, while moving back to the east, was 3 cubits above γ Geminorum. Night of the 21st (and ) the 21st, cl[ouds? ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... The 2]3rd, very overcast; last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit below γ Capricorni, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] a little rain shower. Night of the 25th (and) the 25th, very overcast. The 27th, moon[rise to sunrise:] 12° [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] solar eclipse of 5 months (distance), ..., omitted; at 28° after sunset. ... [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... Mars] became stationary [...] 4 cubits low to the south; I did not watch. That month, the equivalent was: bar[ley, ...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] were sold for 1 shekel of silver. At that time, Jupiter was in Gemini, Venus was [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] That month, on the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 16th, when the ri[tual ...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] they presented offerings ... [...] |
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' | [...] 22 ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... AN] UTAH GE₆ 23 ⸢SAG GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ZU₂⸣ 3(BARIG) PI kas₃ 1(GUR) GUR sah-le₁₀ 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ⸢ŠE⸣.[GIŠ ...] | |
| 4' | [... i-nu]-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina MAŠ.MAŠ dele-bat ina zib{me} ina TIL ITU ina ⸢HUN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ITU BI ILLU NU PAP ITU BI {lu₂}UN{meš} ša₂ ana ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₂ ITU BI e-nu-ma ne₂-peš ša₂ DINGIR{meš} x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] TUŠ{meš} mah-hu-ru un-dah-hi-ru ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... {lu₂]}GAL.MAH {im}ER₂.ŠA₃.HUN.GA₂{meš} u {⸢im⸣}[x ...] | |
| 9' | [... {lu₂]}GAL ERIN₂{meš} ša₂ E₂ 4 {lu₂}GAL.ERIN₂{meš}u₂-tu UGU [...] | |
| 10' | [... {m}se]-⸢lu-ku⸣ LUGAL u A{meš}šu₂ ina 2.30 ID₂ UD.KIB.[NUN ...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 17 17 e-nu-ma ne₂-peš ana ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ da ul te pi x UŠ SAL SU [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KIN ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x x x x ŠU₂⸣.ŠU₂ GE₆ 13 DIR AN [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 14 ...] ⸢ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ DELE 1 KUŠ₃ ar₂ GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI ana ⸢NIM⸣ [GUB ...] | |
| 4' | [...] 7 GE₆ DIR muš SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ SA₄ 1 KUŠ₃ 15 ŠED₇ SI ⸢ŠAR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] GE₆ 17 DIR SAL AN ZA sin TUR₃ NIGIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-⸢MURUB₄⸣-[ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N ...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆ 18 USAN AN x GIŠ].⸢KUN⸣-A 4 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SI₄ 2 KUŠ₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 21 21 ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆] 23 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SUHUR-IGI 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ ⸢LAL⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] AN UTAH i GE₆ 25 25 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 27 12 ⸢KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢AN⸣.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ 5 AB₂ BAR DIB ina 28 GE₆ GIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... AN ...] 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG UŠ NU PAP ITU BI KI.LAM še-[im ...] | |
| 12' | [...] 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ep₂-šu₂ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina MAŠ.MAŠ dele-bat [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ITU BI 1 3 7 15 16 e-nu-ma ne₂-⸢pe⸣-[...] | |
| 14' | [...] mah-hu-ru un-dah-hi-ru [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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