-95C (X300953)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -95C |
|---|---|
| ID | X300953 |
| Museum no. | BM 45712 |
| 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' | [...] ... qa ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] the 12th (and) the 13th, 2 sūtu 1/2 qa and one-fourth; the 14th (and) 1[5th ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Venus and Mars were in Taurus; Mercury was in Aries; around the 6th, Mercury [reached] Taurus [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] it receded 4 fingers, 6 was the na (gauge); until the 17th, it remained constant; the 18th, 19th, (and) 20th, it rose 8 fingers [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] I heard? as follows: the king of (the city) Armini died ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] was entrusted [with] ..., to thighs (city) Armini for king[shighp? ...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...] who lived in Babylonia, he gathered and to highs support he [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Month II ...] when I watched I did not see it. Night of the 1st, beginning of the night, very overcast, a little rain shower, gusty south and east winds blew [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] The 3rd, south and east winds blew. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of β Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... bl]ew. Night of the 7th, clouds crossed the sky; in the morning watch, a little rain shower. The 7th, in the morning, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was nn cu]bits [...], it stood 2 1/2 cubits behind Jupiter to the east; first part of the night, thin clouds were in the sky; the moon [was surrounded by a] ha[lo ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... Night of the 13th ...] ... beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of π Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... Night of the 17th,] last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 3 2/3 cu[bits low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'– | [...] blew. Night of the 22nd (and) the 22nd, the north and west winds bl[ew ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night,] the moon was 3 1/2 cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] having passed [...] to the east. The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 9°, measured. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 3° 30' [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] cubits. Around the 16th, Saturn’s acronychal rising. The 16th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in the end of Leo; it was bright and high[gh? ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was] 4? fingers [... β Tauri], it was as if it had come out of (the moon’s) northern horn. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] above μ? [Geminorum ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] being back to the west. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits behind β Geminorum, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. Ni[ght ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was x]+1 cubits [... θ Leonis], the moon being 5 cubits low to the south, 2/3 cubit behind Venus, [it was as if it had come out] from (the moon’s) [...] horn [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] cubits. That month, the equivalent was: barley, until the middle of the month, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 4 1/2 qa, until the end of the month, 1 pānu [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] the 16th, 2 sūtu; until the end of the month, 2 sūtu 1/2 qa (and) one-fourth; wool, 1 mina. At that time, on [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... the river] level?, whighle receding, was not watched; the river receded very much beyond its normal measure [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] ... went. The people by running [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] there was unhappiness in the land. That month, [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] That [...] I heard that the son of the king of the city [...] |
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⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ qa ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 12 13 2(BAN₂) 1/2 qa u₃ 4-ʾu-u₂ 14 15 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] dele-bat u AN ina MUL₂.MUL₂ GU₄.UD ina HUN in 6 GU₄.UD ⸢MUL₂.MUL₂⸣ [KUR-ad₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] 4 SI LAL 6 na EN 17 GUB-uz 18 19 20 8 ⸢SI GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢al-te⸣-me um-ma LUGAL ša₂ {uru}ar-mi-ni-i NAM{meš} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ uš pi-qid ana {uru}ar-mi-ni-i MU-a-ti₃ ana ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢KUR⸣ URI{ki} TUŠ-uʾ u₂-pe-hi-ir-ma ana ERIN₂.DAH{meš}šu₂ it-[...] | |
| 8' | [GU₄ ...] ki PAP NU IGI GE₆ 1 SAG GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa ULU₃ u KUR ŠAR₂{⸢meš} GIN⸣-uʾ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] 3 ULU₃ u KUR GIN-uʾ GE₆ 4 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 7 DIR AN DIB U₄.ZAL AN UTAH i-ṣa 7 ina še-ri₃ DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ... n ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ar₂ MUL₂.BABBAR 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB USAN DIR SAL AN ZA sin ⸢TUR₃⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... GE₆ 13 ...] ⸢x x x⸣ SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-SIG-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB [...] | |
| 13' | [... GE₆ 17 ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢GIN-uʾ⸣ GE₆ 22 22 SI u MAR ⸢GIN⸣{meš} [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆] sin ⸢SIG SI-MAŠ₂⸣ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 10 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ana NIM DIB 14 9 na muš GE₆ 15 3.30 ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] KUŠ₃ in 16 GENNA ana ME E-a 16 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL A IGI KUR ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin x ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI] 4 SI aš₂-ša₂ TA SI-šu₂ ša₂ SI E-a ma-šil GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin e MUL₂-⸢ar₂-ša₂⸣-[še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ n n ...] | |
| 5' | [... ana] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ LAL GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin x GIŠ.KUN-A x]+1 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ dele-bat 2/3 KUŠ₃ aš₂-ša₂ TA SI-šu₂ ša₂ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] KUŠ₃ ITU BI KI.LAM še-im EN MURUB₄ ITU 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 4 1/2 qa EN TIL ITU 1(BARIG) [...] | |
| 8' | [...] 16 2(BAN₂) EN TIL ITU 2(BAN₂) 1/2 qa 4-ʾu-u₂ SIG₂{hi.a} 1 MA.NA i-nu-šu₂ ⸢in⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ILLU⸣ ina LAL-e NU PAP ID₂ al-la mi-na-ti-šu₂ ma-diš LAL-ṭi [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ tu₄ GIN-uʾ {lu₂}UN{meš} ina pi-it pu-ri-du [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x NU DUG₃.GA lib₃-bi ina KUR GAR-in ITU BI [...] | |
| 12' | [... ITU] ⸢BI⸣ al-te-e ša₂ {lu₂}DUMU LUGAL ša₂ ⸢URU⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
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