-73 (X300730)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -73 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300730 |
| Museum no. | BM 45770 |
| 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' | [...] half of one-fourth [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] xth, Mercury reached Cancer; Saturn was in Sagittarius [...] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [...] on them to the king who ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Month III, ...] cubits, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west, it stood 2 cubits in front of Mercury to the west. The 1st, the north wind? [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] cubits low to the south. The 3rd, the north wind blew. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind θ Leo[nis ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Night of the 6th, beginning of the ni]ght, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind γ Virginis, the moon being 3 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 6th, the north wind [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] The 8th, solstice; I did not watch; the north wind blew. Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was 5? 1/2 cubits below β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] The 12th, the north wind blew. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind Saturn. The 13th, the north wind blew ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] Around the 16th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in the beginning of Leo. The 17th, last appearance of Jupiter in Cancer: from the 16th, when I watched I did not see it [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was] 8 fingers [... η Pis]cium, the moon being 8 fingers low to the south. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below α [Arietis ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... Night of the 23rd, ...] 2/3? cubit; last part of the night, the moon was 4 cubits above α Tauri. Night of the 24th?, last part of the night, [the moon was ...] below [β /ζ] Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... Night of the 26th,] last part of the night, the moon was 5? [cubits] below α Geminorum, the moon being [nn] cubits back to the west. Ni[ght? ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] ...; new ones, 2? pānu 1 sūtu3 qa; dates, until the 7th, 1 pānu2 sūtu1 qa; from the 8th until the e[nd? of the month, ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] wool, 2/3 mina 5 shekels. At that time, Jupiter and Mercury were in Cancer; Venus was in Leo; Saturn was in [Sagittarius ...] |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | [...] on the 23rd, Mars reached Gemini. That month, the river level receded 1 1/2 cubits, total: 27 was the na (gauge) [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] measured; it could be seen whighle (the sun) stood there; it was low to the sun. The 1st (and) 2nd, the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, the moon was [...] below γ Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [... Night] of the 5th, first part of the night, Venus was 2 cubits below γ Virginis. The 5th, [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] mi-šil 4-⸢ʾu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GU₄.UD ALLA KUR-ad₂ GENNA ina PA [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢muh⸣-hi-šu₂-nu ana LUGAL ša₂ ša₂ 2 x [...] | |
| 5' | {[itu}SIG ...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL ina IGI GU₄.UD 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB 1 SI [...] | |
| 6' | [...] KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 3 SI GIN GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ GIŠ.⸢KUN⸣-[A n n ...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 6 SAG] ⸢GE₆⸣ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 6 SI [...] | |
| 8' | [...] 8 šamaš₂ GUB NU PAP SI GIN GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 5 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] 12 SI GIN GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ GENNA 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 13 SI GIN x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] in 16 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina SAG A ŠU₂ 17 ŠU₂ ša₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ALLA TA 16 ki PAP NU IGI [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin x MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢DUR⸣-nu-nu 8 SI sin 8 SI ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin SIG ⸢MUL₂-ar₂⸣-[ša₂-SAG-HUN n n ...] | |
| 12' | [... GE₆ 23 ...] 2/3 KUŠ₃⸣ ina ZALAG₂ sin e is-le₁₀ 4 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ [sin] ⸢SIG ŠUR-GIGIR⸣-ša₂-[x ...] | |
| 13' | [... GE₆ 26 ina] ZALAG₂ sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 5 [KUŠ₃] ⸢sin⸣ [n] KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] GUR GIBIL{meš} 2(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 3 qa ZU₂.LUM ⸢EN⸣ 7 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 1 qa TA 8 EN ⸢TIL⸣ [ITU ...] | |
| 15' | [...] SIG₂{hi.a} 2/3 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR u GU₄.UD ina ALLA dele-bat ina A GENNA ina [PA ...] | |
| 16' | [...] in 23 AN MAŠ.MAŠ KUR-ad₂ ITU BI ILLU 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP 27 ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | {[itu}ŠU 1 ...] ⸢muš ina GUB IGI ana šamaš₂ SIG⸣ 1 2 SI GIN GE₆ 3 sin SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-⸢ABSIN⸣ n n ...] | |
| 18' | [... GE₆] 5 USAN dele-bat SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ 5 [...] | |
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