AD -238 (X202380)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -238 |
|---|---|
| ID | X202380 |
| Museum no. | BM 55511 |
| 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 I, night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 5°, measured (despite) clouds. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | At 80° after sunset, lunar eclipse; when it began on the south |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | and east side, in 15° night |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | it made little over 2/3? of the disc; 10° night maximal phase. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | When it began to clear, in 15° night |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | it cleared from the east to the west; 40° onset, maximal phase, and clearing. <In> its eclipse, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the sky was cloudy; in its eclipse, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | In its eclipse, Jupiter stood there; the re[mainder] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | of the planets did not stand there [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | lightning flashed, it thundered once?, [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | the moon was surrounded by a halo, an opening? to the south? and to the east? [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 1/2 cubit behind δ Scorpii it was ecli[psed]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Scorpii. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 4° 40'; clouds, I did not watch; very overcast; in the morning, rain DUL. |
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}BAR GE₆ 13 5 ME DIR muš | |
| 2 | 1.20 GE₆ GIN {d}sin AN.KU₁₀ A₂ ⸢ULU₃⸣ | |
| 3 | u KUR ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 15 GE₆ al-la | |
| 4 | 2/3 HAB i-ṣi GAR-an 10 UŠ GE₆ IR₂ | |
| 5 | ana ZALAG₂ ki-i <TAB>-u₂ ina 15 GE₆ TA KUR | |
| 6 | ana MAR ZALAG₂ 40 GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ | |
| 7 | TUG₂ AN-e GAR-in ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ SI ⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 8 | ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR GUB-uz ⸢IB₂⸣.[TAG₄] | |
| 9 | {d}UDU.IDIM{me} NU GUB{[me} x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ x GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-di [x] | |
| 2 | sin TUR₃ ⸢NIGIN₂⸣ ana ULU₃ u₃ ana ⸢NIM⸣ KA [x x] | |
| 3 | 1/2 KUŠ₃ ar₂ ⸢MUL₂-MURUB₄⸣-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB IR₂ | |
| 4 | ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI₄ 2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5 | 13 4.40 na DIR NU PAP ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | ina še-ri₃ AN DUL | |
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