-63 (X300630)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -63 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300630 |
| Museum no. | BM 35145 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] night [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] first appearance in Gemini; it was small [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] 2/3 cubit [...] ... The 14th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was] 1 ½ cubits [in front of β Capri]corni, the moon being 4 cubits low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night] of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of η Pis[cium ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] low to the south. Around the 23rd, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Gemini [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon ...] ..., it stood 1 cubit in front of Venus to the west ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] around the 28th?, Mars’ last appearance in Cancer [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] sesame, [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ina] MAŠ.MAŠ IGI TUR [...] | |
| 3' | [... x]-⸢ša₂⸣-ULU₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ 14 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI]-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆] 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-[nu-nu n n ...] | |
| 6' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG in 23 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ...] ⸢x⸣ ina IGI dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢in⸣ 28 AN ina ALLA ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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