-85A (X300851)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -85A |
|---|---|
| ID | X300851 |
| Museum no. | BM 40860 |
| 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' | [...] 2 cubits, the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Ni]ght of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moo[n ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon] stood 1 cubit [behind Mars] to the east. The 9th, the nor[th wind ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night], the moon was 2 ½ cubits above α Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] low to the south. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above α Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] a little [...], the north wind blew. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 16°; clouds, I did not [watch ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... first part] of the night, Mercury was 3 cubits below α Geminorum. The 17th, the nor[th wind ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... bl]ew. Night of the 21st, first part of the night, Mars was [...] below γ Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] low to the south. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind [β Arietis ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] Jupiter was [...] above δ Cancri [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... from the x]+7th to the 19th, 1 pānu 2 sūtu; new ones, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] ... 3 qa; from the 21st to [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] qa; wool, [...] |
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' | [...] 2 KUŠ₃ sin [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 4 SAG GE₆ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ AN] 1 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB 9 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆] sin e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin e [SI₄ n n ...] | |
| 6' | [...] i-ṣa SI GIN GE₆ 15 16 GE₆ DIR ⸢NU⸣ [PAP ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 3 KUŠ₃ 17 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 21 USAN AN SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-⸢ABSIN⸣ n n ...] | |
| 9' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ ⸢MUL₂⸣-[IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN n n ...] | |
| 10' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-⸢ULU₃⸣ n n ...] | |
| 11' | [... TA n]+7 EN 19 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) GIBIL{meš} [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 3 qa TA 21 EN [...] | |
| 13' | [...] qa SIG₂{hi.a} [...] | |
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