-88A (X300881)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -88A |
|---|---|
| ID | X300881 |
| Museum no. | Rm 710 |
| 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 | [Diary from month I until] the end of month VI of year 159 which is year 223, [king Arsaces ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [... bl]ew. Night of the 2nd, very overcast. The 2nd, all day very overcast; in the morning, rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... cubi]ts. The 4th, very overcast; at noon, rain shower, the north wind blew [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 ½ cubits below α Leonis, the moon being ½ cubit [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... Night] of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below γ Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... Night of the 13th], moonrise to sunset: [nn°], measured; beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] in the afternoon, [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'– | [... Arsace]s king and? ... [...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1't.e. 1'–t.e. 1't.e. 1' | [... Dia]ry from month I until the end of [month VI ...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 2'2'–t.e. 2'2' | [... who] is called? king Gutarza, and [...] |
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 | [EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA {itu}BAR EN] TIL {itu}KIN ša₂ MU 1 ME 59.KAM₂ ša₂ ši-i MU 2 ME 23.[KAM₂ {m}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL ...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢GIN⸣{meš} GE₆ 2 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 2 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina še-ri₃ AN ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 4 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN.BAR₇ AN UTAH SI GIN [...] | |
| 4 | [... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin] SIG {mul₂}LUGAL 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [... GE₆] 10 SAG GE₆ sin SIG DELE-ša₂-⸢IGI⸣-[ABSIN n n ...] | |
| 6 | [... GE₆ 13 n] ME muš SAG GE₆ [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ina KIN.SIG [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... x]-⸢a LUGAL u₃ {f}x⸣-[x ...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [... ša₂ gi]-ne₂-e ša₂ TA {itu}BAR EN TIL {⸢itu⸣}[KIN ...] | |
| 2' | [... ša₂ iṭ]-⸢ṭar⸣-ri-du {m}gu-tar-za LUGAL u [...] | |
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