-75 (X300750)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -75 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300750 |
| Museum no. | BM 35766 |
| 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 | [...] Arsaces king and Ispubar[za,] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... Ni]ght of the 3rd, the moon was 1 cubit behind Venus. The 3rd, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... x]+1; in the morning, slow rain, the north wind blew. The 6th, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night of the 8th, beginning of the night,] the moon was [...] below α Arietis |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... Mercury’s] first appearance [in the ea]st in Sagittarius; it was small, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 17° |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] I did not watch; last part of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] 1 ½ cubits |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] x below Mars |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99– | [...] last part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... a rain]bow stretched [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... the equivalent was:] barley, 1 pānu2 sūtu[... one-four]th |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] At that time, Jupiter and Mars were in [Gemini;] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the 5th, it receded 8 fingers, total: [x]+2 was the na (gauge) |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] ... the river as before. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... Year 17]2 which is year 236, |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | [... I]spubarza, highs sister, [queen.] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [... A]rsaces king and Ispubarza, highs sister, [queen.] |
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 | [... n].KAM₂ {m}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL u {f}is-pu-bar-[za-a (x)] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 3 sin ar₂ dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ 3 SI GIN | |
| 3 | [... n]+1 ina še-ri₃ AN ne₂-hi SI GIN 6 | |
| 4 | [... GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆] ⸢sin SIG⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN | |
| 5 | n n ... GU₄.UD ina] ⸢NIM⸣ ina PA IGI TUR 17 na-su | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢NU⸣ PAP ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 7 | [...] 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ SIG AN | |
| 9 | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂ sin⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... TIR].AN.⸢NA⸣ [x x x] ⸢GIB⸣ | |
| 4' | [... KI.LAM] še-im 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) n 4-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂ | |
| 5' | [...] i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR u AN ina [MAŠ.MAŠ] | |
| 6' | [...] 5 8 SI LAL ⸢PAP⸣ [n]+2 ⸢na⸣ | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ID₂ GIM IGI-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [... MU 1 ME 1.12.KAM₂ ša₂ ši-i MU 2 ME 36.[KAM₂] | |
| 9' | [... {f]}⸢is⸣-pu-bar-za-a NIN-⸢su⸣ [GAŠAN] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... {m]}⸢ar⸣-ša₂-kam₂ LUGAL u {f}is-pu-bar-za-a NIN-su [GAŠAN] | |
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