-93B (X300932)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -93B |
|---|---|
| ID | X300932 |
| Museum no. | BM 34672 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] at 35° after sunset. The 14th? [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... Around the 18th, Sirius’ first appearance; I did not watch [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was ... α Tauri,] the moon being 3 ½ cubits high to the north. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of β Geminorum, the m[oon being ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... at the end of the mon]th, 2 pānu 5 sūtu; not good, 3 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Sat]urn was in Aries; Mars was in Leo; around the 17th, Mars’ [last appearance ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] went out. That month, s[ick? ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Euphr]ates i[n ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] (blank) [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢in⸣ 35 GE₆ GIN 14 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] in 18 {mul₂}KAK.BAN IGI ⸢NU PAP⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin x is-le₁₀ n n] sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... ina TIL] ⸢ITU⸣ 2(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) NU DU₃-tu₂ 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢GENNA⸣ ina HUN AN ina A in 17 ⸢AN⸣ [... ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢E₃⸣-a ITU BI ⸢GIG⸣{meš} [...] | |
| 9' | [... {id₂]}⸢BURANUN⸣{ki} i-[na ...] | |
| 10' | [...] [...] | |
Sources & licences
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