-97 (X300970)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -97 |
|---|---|
| ID | X300970 |
| Museum no. | BM 41656 |
| 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' | [...] the moon ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... fr]om the 14th to the end of the month, in Leo ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [...] in ... receded to ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] one-fourth (and) half of one-fourth; from the 7th to the end [of the month ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Venus was in Virgo; Saturn was in Aquarius; Mer[cury and Mars, which had set, were not visible ...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] many [...] to the cities of the land [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Month V, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month) ,...] the 3rd, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Virgo, it was small, [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] ... The 6th, the north wind blew. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] be[low θ Ophiuchi ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... cubi]ts? low to the south. Night of the 14th, beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] 2? cubits [... η] Piscium, the moon being 2+[x ...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] 3 ½ cubits; a gusty wind bl[ew? ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... sunset to setting of] Venus: [n°]. Night of the 13th, last part of the night, the moo[n ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... Venus’] last appearance [in the west in] Virgo. Night of the 20+[xth, ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] gusty wind blew [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 1b.e. 1 | [Year 2]14 |
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' | [...] sin ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... x]{meš} KUR NIGIN na [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ma i-na gi ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢TA⸣ 14 EN TIL ITU ina A x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina hi-it-tu₂ dan ⸢x⸣ na LAL-⸢is⸣ a-na x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] 4-u₂ mi-šil 4-u₂ TA 7 EN TIL [ITU ...] | |
| 2' | [...] dele-bat ina ABSIN GENNA ina GU ⸢GU₄⸣.[UD u AN ša₂ ŠU₂-u NU IGI ...] | |
| 3' | [... x]{meš} MAH{meš} a-na URU{meš} KUR [...] | |
| 4' | {[itu}NE 30 ...] 3 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN IGI TUR <x> ⸢na⸣-[su ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x 6 SI GIN GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ⸢SIG⸣ [MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA n n ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 14 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢DUR⸣-nu-nu 2 KUŠ₃ sin 2+[x KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ IM ŠAR₂ ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... n na] ⸢dele⸣-bat GE₆ 13 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina] ABSIN ŠU₂ GE₆ 20+[x ...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŠAR₂ GIN [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [MU 2 ME 14.KAM₂ | |
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