-96A (X300961)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -96A |
|---|---|
| ID | X300961 |
| Museum no. | BM 32890 |
| 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' | [... Night of] the 5th, beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... in] the morning, very overcast; at noon, rain D[UL ...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Night of the 9th, beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 4 cubits below θ Leonis; first part of the night, Mercury was 4 cubits above α Tauri. The 9th, [... Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1 2/3 cubits [behind γ Virginis.] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind α Virginis. Night of the 13th, all night very overcast, rain ... [... Night of the 14th,] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | moonrise to sunset: 2° 30'; clouds, I did not watch; beginning of the night, clouds crossed the sky, lightning flashed, slow thunder, large rain, PISAN DIB. The 1[4th, ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The 15th, the south wind blew. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits behind θ Ophiuchi, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south [... Night of the 19th,] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | last part of the night, the moon was 4 1/2 cubits below β Capricorni, the moon having passed a little to the east. The 20th, in the morning, very overcast, rain shower. Night of the 21st, last part of the ni[ght, ... Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon] stood [... in front of Saturn] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | to the west. Night of the 28th, all night very overcast; last part of the night, Mars was 2 fingers above γ Capricorni, Mars being 1 finger [back] to the west [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | from the 1st to the 9th, 5 sūtu 3 qa; the 10th (and) 11th, 5 sūtu; from the 12th to the end of the month, 4 sūtu4 1/2 qa; dates, until [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | wool, 1 mina 15 shekels. At that time, Jupiter was in Leo; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Pisces; on the 7th, Venus reached Aries [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Saturn was in Aquarius; on the 12th, Saturn reached Pisces; Mars was in Capricorn. That month, the river level, until the 16th, rose 1 1/2 cubits, total: 8 was the ⸢na (gauge)⸣ [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [total:] 5 was the na (gauge); until the end of the month, it receded 1/2 cubit, total: 8 was the na (gauge). That month, the 17th, the people of Uruk [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | [of Baby]lonia from the camp of the king to Seleucia which is on the Tigris [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [Month II, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month),] sunset to moonset: 23+[x°]; it was bright, earthshine, measured; it could be seen whighle (the sun) stood there; it was high to the sun. Around the 1st, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the west in the end of Taurus [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] ...; last part of the night, very overcast. The 2nd, all day very overcast; in the afternoon, rain DUL, thunder [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] having passed to the east. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above Ju[piter ...] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'– | [...] threw?. Night [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [... Ar]saces, king of kings. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] 5 SAG GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x x ina] ⸢še-ri₃⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN.BAR₇ AN ⸢DUL⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 3' | [GE₆ 9 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin SIG GIŠ.KUN-A 4 KUŠ₃ ⸢USAN GU₄.UD e is-le₁₀⸣ 4 KUŠ₃ 9 [... GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN] | |
| 4' | 1 2/3 KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 13 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN x [... GE₆ 14 | |
| 5' | 2.30 ME DIR NU PAP SAG GE₆ DIR AN DIB GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U ne₂-hi AN GAL.GAL PISAN DIB 14 [...] | |
| 6' | 15 ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 3 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ [... GE₆ 19 | |
| 7' | ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB 20 ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH GE₆ 21 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [... GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI GENNA n n] | |
| 8' | ana ŠU₂ GUB GE₆ 28 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina ZALAG₂ AN e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 2 SI AN 1 SI ana ŠU₂ [LAL ...] | |
| 9' | TA 1 EN 9 5(BAN₂) 3 qa 10 11 5(BAN₂) TA 12 EN TIL ITU 4(BAN₂) 4 1/2 qa ZU₂.LUM ⸢EN⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | SIG₂{hi.a} 1 MA.NA 15 GIN₂ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina A dele-bat ina SAG ITU ina zib{me} in 7 dele-bat HUN ⸢KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | GENNA ina GU in 12 GENNA zib{me} KUR AN ina MAŠ₂ ITU BI ILLU EN 16 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP 8 ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [PAP] 5 na EN TIL ITU 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP 8 na ITU BI U₄ 17 LU₂{meš} UNUG{ki}a-a [...] | |
| 13' | [KUR] ⸢URI⸣{ki} TA ma-dak-tu₂ LUGAL ana {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ana UGU {id₂}⸢IDIGNA⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | {[itu}GU₄ 1 23+[x] ⸢na⸣-su KUR₄ a-pir muš ina GUB IGI ana šamaš₂ NIM in 1 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina TIL MUL₂.MUL₂ [ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 2 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG AN DUL-hat ⸢GU₃ U⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [... ana] ⸢NIM DIB⸣ GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin e MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ n n ...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢ŠUB⸣-uʾ GE₆ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [... {m}ar]-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL ⸢LUGAL{meš⸣} | |
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