-96B (X300962)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -96B |
|---|---|
| ID | X300962 |
| Museum no. | BM 41689 |
| 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' | [... ZI] IR. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, [the moon was] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit [... θ Ophigh]uchigh, the moon being 2 cubits [low] to the south. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] low to the south. The 11th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] back to the west. The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 9°. Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 40'; lunar eclipse |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] mist, I did not watch; clouds and mist covered the sky |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits 6 fingers [below α] Arietis, the moon having passed ½ cubit to the east. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Z]I IR. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits in front of β Tauri |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] high to the north?; ZI IR. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] mist, I did not watch; ZI IR. Night of the 25th, very overcast |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Jupiter’s] first appearance in Virgo; rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 15°, (ideal) first appearance on the 24th. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... the equivalent was: bar]ley, from the 1st to the 9th, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... x]+1 qa; sesame, from the 1st |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] one-fourth (and) half of one-fourth |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] Mars was in Aquarius. That month, the river level |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [Month VI, ...] came out from its inside. |
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' | [... ZI] ⸢IR⸣ GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ [sin] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin x MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄]-⸢šil-PA⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ [SIG] | |
| 3' | [...] ana ULU₃ SIG 11 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 4' | [... ana] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ LAL 13 9 ŠU₂ GE₆ 14 2.40 ME AN.KU₁₀ sin | |
| 5' | [...] a-kam₂ NU PAP DIR u a-kam₂ AN-u₂ ŠU₂-im | |
| 6' | [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂]-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 KUŠ₃ 6 SI sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ZI⸣ IR GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ NIM ZI IR GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 9' | [...] a-kam₂ NU PAP ZI IR GE₆ 25 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 10' | [... MUL₂.BABBAR ina] ⸢ABSIN⸣ IGI 15 na-su in 24 IGI | |
| 11' | [... KI.LAM še]-im TA 1 EN 9 | |
| 12' | [... x]+1 qa ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ TA 1 | |
| 13' | [...] 4-u₂ mi-šil 4-u₂ | |
| 14' | [...] AN ina GU ITU BI ILLU | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 16' | {[itu}KIN ...] ⸢TA⸣ ŠA₃-šu₂ ⸢E₃⸣ | |
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