-95E (X300955)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -95E |
|---|---|
| ID | X300955 |
| Museum no. | BM 45847 |
| 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 [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] ... for the great gods [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Month V ...] 3 cubits [...] γ Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 ½ cubits [behind] α Scorpii, the moon being 2/3 cubits low to the south; clouds were in the sky, the no[rth wind ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... Night] of the 12th, beginning of the night, δ Capricorni was not seen together with the moon because of mist. The 10+[xth ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] when it began to clear, in 20° of night [it cleared] from south to the north and we[st ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... the remainder of the planet]s did not stand there; in Aquarius it became eclipsed; at 57° after sunset. The 13th, [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] gusty [...] and west winds blew. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below η Pis[cium ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] The 20th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Virgo: from the 18th, when I watched I did not see it. The 20+[xth ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] having passed a little to the east. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... Night of the 26th], last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits below ε Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... the equi]valent was: barley, until the 15th, 1 p¤n 2? s¹t [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₂ u lu₂[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-ti₃ ana DINGIR{meš} ⸢GAL⸣{[meš} ...] | |
| 4' | {[itu}NE ...] DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 3 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂] ⸢SI₄⸣ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... GE₆] 12 SAG GE₆ SUHUR-ar₂ la-pan₃ a-kam₂ KI sin NU IGI 10+[x ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣-ru ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 20 GE₆ TA ULU₃ ana SI u ⸢MAR⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... IB₂.TAG₄ {d}UDU.IDIM]{⸢meš⸣} NU GUB-uʾ ina GU ad₂ in 57 GE₆ GIN 13 [...] | |
| 9' | [...] u MAR ŠAR₂{meš} GIN-uʾ GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-⸢DUR⸣-[nu-nu n n ...] | |
| 10' | [...] 20 ŠU₂ ša₂ GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN TA 18 ki PAP ⸢NU IGI⸣ 20+[x ...] | |
| 11' | [... i]-ṣa ana NIM DIB GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin [...] | |
| 12' | [... GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SAG-A 3 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 13' | [... KI].LAM še-⸢im⸣ EN 15 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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