-96C (X300963)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -96C |
|---|---|
| ID | X300963 |
| Museum no. | BM 45752 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] That month, the equivalent was: barley, from the 1st to the 12th, 1 pānu 1 sūtu 2+[x qa ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ⸢kurru?⸣ 1 pānu; cress, 3 sūtu, at the end of the month, 2 sūtu 3 qa; sesame, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Venus was in Capricorn; on the 14th, Venus reached Aquarius; around the 7th, Mer[cury ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... ro]se; until the end of the month, it receded 1/2 cubit, total: 13 was the na (gauge). That month, ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] came out. The 11th, to the surroundings of Ha[...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...] big [...] they made as before. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Month X, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] the moon being 1 cubit low to the south. Night of the 3rd, the moon [stood] 2 cubits in front of Saturn to the west [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits below α Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Mars was] 2 1/2 cubits [below] η Piscium. The 9th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. ... [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] cubits, Venus having passed 4 fingers to the east. Night of the 10+[xth ...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [...] ... rear star of [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] in front of ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] having passed [n cubi]ts to the east. The 6th, in the afternoon, very overcast [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... Night] of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was 6 fingers behind β Tauri, the m[oon?] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... first part of the night, Venus was] 2 cubits [below η] Piscium, Venus having passed 4 fingers to the east. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] low to the south. Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit behind α Leonis |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... ni]ght, clouds crossed the sky. The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 9° 20'; clouds, I did not watch |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... Night of the 17th, first part of the night, Venus was] 3 cubits [below β Arie]tis; last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit behind α Virginis |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] being 1 1/2 cubit low to the south. Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 [cubits] behind β Librae |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] all night clouds crossed the sky; beginning of the night, lightning flashed, much thunder |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] all night clouds crossed the sky; last part of the night, a little large rain |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below δ |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [Capricorni ... Ni]ght of the 29th, first part of the night, Mars was 1 1/2 cubits below η Tauri |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] very overcast, rain DUL; at sunset, clouds crossed the sky, lightning flashed, much thunder |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] 3 qa one-fourth; the 29th (and) 30th, 5 sūtu 3 qa |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] one-fourth, until the end of the month, 2 sūtu 1? qa |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [...] ... on the other side [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | [...] ... their neck and their head [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [...] ... That month, the 20+[xth, ...] |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI KI.LAM še-im TA 1 EN 12 1(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 2+[x qa ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GUR⸣ 1 PI sah-le₁₀ 3(BAN₂) ina TIL ITU 2(BAN₂) 3 qa ŠE.GIŠ.[I₃ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] dele-bat ina MAŠ₂ in 14 dele-bat GU KUR-ad₂ in 7 ⸢GU₄⸣.[UD ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ EN TIL ITU 1/2 KUŠ₃ LAL PAP 13 na ITU BI x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] E₃-am U₄ 11.KAM₂ ana li-mit URU ha-[...] | |
| 7' | [... x]{meš} GAL{meš} GIM IGI-u₂ DU₃-uʾ | |
| 8' | {[itu}AB 1 ...] sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 3 sin ina IGI GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana ŠU₂⸣ [GUB ...] | |
| 9' | [...] GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... AN SIG MUL₂]-⸢KUR⸣-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 9 DIR AN ZA SI GIN [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ dele-bat 4 SI ana NIM DIB ⸢GE₆⸣ 10+[x ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MUL₂ ar₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ina IGI x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... n ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana NIM DIB 6 ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆] 9 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 6 SI ⸢sin⸣ | |
| 4' | [... USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-KUR]-⸢ša₂⸣-DUR-nu-nu 2 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 4 SI ana NIM DIB | |
| 5' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 14 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ sin ar₂ LUGAL 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ DIR AN DIB 15 9.20 na DIR NU PAP | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 17 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂]-⸢SAG-HUN⸣ 3 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 8' | [...] 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-SI 2 | |
| 9' | [KUŠ₃ ...] ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ DIR AN DIB SAG GE₆ GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ DIR AN DIB ina ZALAG₂ AN GAL.GAL i-ṣa | |
| 11' | [...] AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂ ar₂ | |
| 12' | [(MUL₂-ar₂)-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ n n ...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 29 USAN AN SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣.ŠU₂ AN DUL-hat ki ŠU₂ šamaš₂ DIR AN DIB GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH | |
| 14' | [...] 3 qa⸣ 4-ʾu-u₂ 29 30 5(BAN₂) 3 qa | |
| 15' | [...] 4-ʾu-u₂ EN TIL ITU⸣ 2(BAN₂) 1 qa | |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [...]-am-ma ina a-hu-ul-la-a [...] | |
| 19' | [...] GU₂-su-nu u SAG.DU-⸢su⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ITU BI U₄ 20+[x ...] | |
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