-87B (X300872)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -87B |
|---|---|
| ID | X300872 |
| Museum no. | Rm 784 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'o 1'–o 2'2' | of ... took place ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Month V, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14°; it was bright, measured [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | 1 cubit. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [δ/β Scorpii ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Night of the 9th, last part of the night, Venus was 4 ½ cubit below α Geminorum. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | moonrise to sunset: 4°, measured; last part of the night, Venus was 3 ½ cubits below β Geminorum [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was ... β /α Arietis,] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the moon being 4 ½ cubits low to the south. The 18th, very overcast ... [... Night of the 21st,] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | last part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit in front of α Tauri, the moon being 6 [fingers ... Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | 2 cubits [below η /μ] Geminorum, the moon being a little [... Night of the 25th, last part of the night,] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [the moon was ...] θ Cancri [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | Year 160, which is [year 224 ...] |
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' | ⸢ša₂ LU₂ x x GAR-in ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {itu}NE 30 14 na-su KUR₄ muš [...] | |
| 3' | 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-[x-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB n n ...] | |
| 4' | GE₆ 9 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | 4 ME muš ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin x MUL₂-x-ša₂-SAG-HUN n n] | |
| 6' | sin 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 18 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [... GE₆ 21 | |
| 7' | ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 2/3 KUŠ₃ sin 6 [SI ana ... GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂ x] | |
| 8' | (MUL₂-x)-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana [x x ... GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂] | |
| 9' | [sin x] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-⸢ULU₃⸣ n n ...] | |
| 10' | [...] [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | MU 1 ME 1+ŠU.KAM₂ ša₂ [ši-i MU 2 ME 24.KAM₂ ...] | |
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