-60 (X300600)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -60 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300600 |
| Museum no. | Rm 705 + BM 34215 + 34458 + 41932 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Parthian · c. 141 BCE–224 CE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Month VIII ...] ... clouds, I did not watch [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] low to the south. Night of the 5th, beginn[ing of the night, the moon was x]+2 cubits [in front of γ Capricorni], the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] 1 cubit low to the south; last part of the night, Jupi[ter was x]+1 cubits [below γ Virginis]. Night of the 7th (and) the 7th, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] rain shower, it thundered heavily, [...] the 7th, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the west in Scor[pius ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... in the af]ternoon, heavy rain shower, clouds crossed <the sky> [...] lightning flashed, much thunder, rain ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... light]ning flashed, much wailing thunder, much rain PISAN DIB, gusty south and east winds blew [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2/3 cubit [in front of η Pis]cium, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below [α Arietis ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 3 1/2 cubits [in front of] η Tauri. The 13th, moonset to sunrise: <nnº>. Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind η Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Night of the 15th, (...) last part of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit [...β Tau]ri. Night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: [nnº]; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits above η Geminorum, the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [...] the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of α Geminorum, the moon being 1 cubit [low to the south ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was [nn cubi]ts behind β Geminorum. Night of the 20th (and) the 20th, clouds crossed the sky; all day much rain PISAN [DIB ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... light]ning flashed continuously, much thunder, rain shower [...] ... The 22nd, clouds crossed the sky; in the afternoon, lightning flashed continuously, much wailing thunder [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] sun[set?], one rainbow stretched on the [...] and east side. Night of the 23rd, clouds crossed the sky, all night lightning flashed, thunder [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... ar]ound the 23rd, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Scorpius; clouds, I did not watch. Night of the 24th (and) the 24th, clouds crossed the sky; in the morning, a little rain shower, the south wind [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the m]oon was 1 cubit in front of α Librae, the moon being [nn] cubits low to the south, 1 cubit below Venus. Night of the 26th (and) the 26th, very overcast, gusty north wind. Night of the 2[7th, ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] 1 cubit. The 27th, [moonrise to sunrise:] 10+[xº, mea]sured. Night of the 28th (and) the 28th, very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 29th, very overcast; around the 29th, Saturn’s acronychal [rising ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] the 8th, 5 sūtu 2 1/2 qa; the 9th (and) 10th, 5 sūtu 1 qa one-fourth; from the 11th to the 10+[xth, ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] 1 sūtu 4 qa; the 25th, 1 pānu 1 sūtu; the 26th, 1 pānu 4 qa; the 27th, 1 pānu; the 28th, [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[itu}APIN ...] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢DIR⸣ NU PAP [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ GE₆ 5 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ x]+2 KUŠ₃ sin ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ [SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN x]+1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 7 7 [...] | |
| 5' | [...] AN UTAH GU₃ U KALAG ŠUB [...] 7 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 6' | [... ina] ⸢KIN⸣.SIG AN MAH UTAH DIR <AN> DIB ⸢x⸣ [...] GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH AN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢GIR₂⸣ GIR₂ GU₃ U ⸢MAH⸣ ṣar-hi AN ⸢MAH⸣ PISAN DIB ULU₃ u KUR ŠAR₂ GIN-⸢uʾ⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢DUR⸣-nu-nu 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-[ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN N N ...] | |
| 9' | [... GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI] ⸢MUL₂⸣.MUL₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ 13 <N> ⸢ŠU₂⸣ GE₆ 14 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂.⸢MUL₂⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 15 (...) ina ZALAG₂ sin x ŠUR]-⸢GIGIR⸣-ša₂-SI 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 16 [N] GE₆ ina ZALAG₂ sin e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ⸢GE₆⸣ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana [ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-⸢ar₂⸣ [N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 20 20 DIR AN DIB kal ME AN MAH PISAN [DIB ...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GIR₂⸣ GIR₂.GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH AN UTAH [x] ⸢x⸣ 22 DIR AN DIB ina KIN.SIG GIR₂ GIR₂.GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH ṣar-[hi ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢šamaš₂⸣ 1-et {d}TIR.AN.NA A₂ [x] u KUR GIB GE₆ 23 DIR AN DIB kal GE₆ GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢in⸣ 23 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina GIR₂.TAB ⸢IGI DIR⸣ NU PAP GE₆ 24 24 DIR AN DIB ina še-ri₃ AN UTAH i-ṣa ULU₃ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin⸣ [N] KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG SIG dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 26 26 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ŠAR₂ GE₆ 27 [...] | |
| 6' | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ 27 10+[x KUR] ⸢muš⸣ GE₆ 28 28 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ in 29 GENNA ana ⸢ME⸣ [E-a ...] | |
| 7' | [...] 8 5(BAN₂) 2 1/2 qa 9 10 5(BAN₂) 1 qa 4-ʾu-u₂ TA 11 EN 10+[x ...] | |
| 8' | [...] 1(BAN₂) 4 qa 25 1(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 26 1 PI 4 qa 27 1 PI 28 [...] | |
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