-62 (X300620)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | -62 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300620 |
| Museum no. | BM 34753 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] and Teleunike |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] strong gusty storms from all four directions blew. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] large locusts attacked; at sunset, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] high to the north. Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] blew. Night of the 10th, all night clouds crossed the sky |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] the north wind blew. Night of the 11th (and) the 11th, very overcast, gusty north wind |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] at 9° after sunrise |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] the 16th (and) the 17th, gusty wind. Night of the 18th, first part of the night, Venus |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 4 cubits [... γ /δ Capricorni], the moon being 2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 20th, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] The 22nd, very overcast; in the afternoon, much rain PISAN DIB |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] the 26th, Saturn’s [first appearance] in the end of Aries, 1 cubit behind the moon, [...] behind η Tauri |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] solar eclipse; when I watched I did not see it; at 30° after sunrise. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [... trade in bar]ley was interrupted in the streets of Babylon |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] 4? pānu 4 sūtu3 ½ qa one-fourth |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] for 1 shekel of wrought silver. At that time, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [... un]til the end of the month, it receded 1 cubit, total: [nn was the na (gauge).] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] ... which to [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] ... which [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the citizens |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [...] (blank) |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'– | [... of k]ings. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [... A]rsaces king of kings. |
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 | [...] u {f}ṭe-le-u₂-ni-qe₂-e | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢me⸣-he-e IM.LIMMU.BA ŠAR₂{meš} KALAG GIN-uʾ | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢BURU₅⸣ GAL.GAL ZI-a ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ana⸣ SI NIM GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin | |
| 5 | [...] GIN-uʾ GE₆ 10 kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB | |
| 6 | [...] SI GIN GE₆ 11 11 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ŠAR₂ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢in⸣ 9 UŠ ME NIM-a | |
| 8 | [...] 16 17 IM ŠAR₂ GE₆ 18 USAN dele-bat | |
| 9 | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin x MUL₂-x-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂] 4 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 20 | |
| 10 | [...] 22 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG AN MAH PISAN DIB | |
| 11 | [...] 26 GENNA ina TIL HUN 1 KUŠ₃ ar₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢AN⸣.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ki PAP NU IGI in 30 ME ⸢NIM-a⸣ | |
| 13 | [... še]-im ina SILA{meš} E{ki} TAR{meš} | |
| 14 | [...] 4(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 1/2 qa 4-ʾu-u₂ [(x)] | |
| 15 | [...] a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ep₂-šu₂ ⸢i-nu-šu₂⸣ | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢EN⸣ TIL ITU 1 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP n na] | |
| 17 | [...] x sa-ha-aʾ ša₂ ana ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣ UGU ⸢x x⸣ ša₂ [...] | |
| 19 | [...] x lu₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ki | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KU ⸢x⸣ hu sa aʾ | |
| 3' | [...] {lu₂}pu-li-te-e | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣{meš} | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... {m]}⸢ar⸣-ša₂-kam LUGAL LUGAL{meš} | |
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.