-76 (X300760)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -76 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300760 |
| Museum no. | BM 41559 |
| 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' | [... Venus was] 6 fingers [above] Mars. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Ve]nus was 3 cubits below β Capricorni. Night [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Jupiter was] 2 cubits below η Tauri. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moo[n ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] last part of the night, Mars was 2 ½ cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 11+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] when it began from the north, in 8° of night [it made] 3 fingers [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] Jupiter and Sirius stood there [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] the moon being ½ cubit to [...] |
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' | [... dele-bat e] AN 6 SI ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... dele]-bat SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ [...] | |
| 3' | [... MUL₂.BABBAR] SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 11+n ...] | |
| 5' | [...] TA SI ki TAB-u₂ ina 8 GE₆ 3 SI [...] | |
| 6' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR u {mul₂}KAK.SI.SA₂ GUB{⸢meš⸣} [...] | |
| 7' | [...] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana [...] | |
Sources & licences
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