AD -241 (X202410)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | AD -241 |
|---|---|
| ID | X202410 |
| Museum no. | Rm 712 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 3 1/2 cubits behind α Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... Night of the 11th, ... Mars was] 1/2 cubit [be]hind the moon. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 3° [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] Mars, while moving back to the east, was [...] below α Librae [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... Night of the 23rd,] last part of the night, the moon was 1 2/3 cubits below β Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... arou]nd the 28th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Gemini, 1 cubit behind Jupiter, [omitted ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... solar eclipse, ... x]+6° onset; when it began to clear, in 18° daytime it cleared from west to east |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] That month, the equivalent was: barley, 1 kurru 1 pānu 1 sūtu 3 qa; |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] around the 16th, Jupiter’s first appearance in the end of Taurus; at the end of the month, it was in Gemini; |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] a message on a leather (scroll) to the Babylonians [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] ... made [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [... GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin] ⸢ar₂ LUGAL 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ [x] [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆ 11 ... AN] ⸢ar₂⸣ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 15 3 ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] [x] ⸢AN⸣ ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ SIG RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ [N N ...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 1 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢in⸣ 28 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ⸢MAŠ⸣.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ ar₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ⸢IGI⸣ [DIB ...] | |
| 6' | [... AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ... x]+6 GAR ana ZALAG₂ ki TAB-u₂ ina 18 ME TA MAR ana KUR ZALAG₂ | |
| 7' | [...] ITU BI KI.LAM še-im 1(GUR) 1(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 3 qa | |
| 8' | [...] in 16 MUL₂.BABBAR ina TIL MUL₂.MUL₂ IGI ina TIL ITU ina MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {kuš}ši-piš-tu₂ ana UGU {lu₂}E{ki}{meš} [...] | |
| 10' | [...] [x x] ⸢A šip-ri LUGAL DU₃-uš⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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