-95A (X300951)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -95A |
|---|---|
| ID | X300951 |
| Museum no. | BM 46040 |
| 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' | [...] the front star of [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... Night of the 24th, last part of the [night, ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] very overcast, the south wind blew. Night of the 26th (and) the 26th, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Ni]ght of the 28th, first part of the night, Mars was 1 cubit above μ Geminorum |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] the 15th, 1 pānu 2 sūtu; until the 19th, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 3 qa; the 20th, 1 pānu 4 sūtu? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] qa one-fourth; mustard, 1 kurru 3 sūtu; cress, 3 sūt 4 1/2 qa |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] wool, 1 1/2 minas for 1 shekel of wrought silver which were given in the land. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... Satur]n was in Pisces. That month, the river level remained constant until the 4th, total: 8 was the na (gauge); |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Arsac]es, king of kings, in the cities in the surround[ings ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] thighs [...] of the city Armini [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] the chief of troops at the gate? [...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...] they made [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | [Month II ...] ... [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1'r.e. 1'–r.e. 1'r.e. 1' | [... Year] 216 [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣ IGI ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 24 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 26 26 [x x x] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 28 USAN AN e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] 15 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) EN 19 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 3 qa 20 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) | |
| 6' | [...] qa 4-ʾu-u₂ kas₃ 1 GUR 3(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 3(BAN₂) 4 1/2 qa | |
| 7' | [...] SIG₂{hi.a} 1 1/2 MA.NA a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ep₂-šu₂ ša₂ ina KUR SUM-in | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GENNA⸣ ina zib{me} ITU BI ILLU EN 4 GUB-uz PAP 8 na | |
| 9' | [... {m}ar-ša₂]-⸢ka⸣-a LUGAL LUGAL{meš} ina URU{meš} ša₂ ina li-[mit ...] | |
| 10' | [... MU]-a-ti₃ ša₂ {uru}ar-mi-ni [...] | |
| 11' | [... {lu₂]}⸢GAL u₂⸣-qa-a-nu ina KA₂ [x x x] | |
| 12' | [... x]{meš} DU₃-uʾ [...] | |
| 13' | [GU₄ ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1' | [... MU] 2 ME 16.KAM₂⸣ [...] | |
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