-99A (X300991)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -99A |
|---|---|
| ID | X300991 |
| Museum no. | BM 34852 |
| 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' | [...] low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] rain DUL; in the morning watch, the moon was [surrounded? by a ha]lo? [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] 2 1/2 cubits, the moon being 1 2/3? cubits [high] to the north [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] The 26th, moonrise to sunrise: 22°; it was bright, measured. The 26th, in the afternoon, very overcast, the north wind [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... bl]ew. The 27th, the north wind blew. The 28th, solar eclipse; when I watched I did not see it [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] the north wind blew. The 29th, in the morning, very overcast; rain but the sandal was not removed [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] dates, 2 pānu; new ones, 2 pānu 3 sūtu; mustard, 1 kurru [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... At that time, Ju]piter was in Gemini; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Scorpius, until the end of the month, in Sagittarius; ar[ound ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] were left below the peak flood level; the river level as before [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] (blank) |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in the end of Libra; clouds, I did not watch; all day [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... Night of the 4th, (beginning of the night,) the moon was] 2 cubits [behind β Capri]corni, the moon being 5 cubits low to the south. The 4th, very overcast, ra[in ...] |
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' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢AN DUL⸣-hat U₄.ZAL sin ⸢TUR₃⸣ [NIGIN ...] | |
| 3' | [...] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana SI [NIM ...] | |
| 4' | [...] 26 22 ⸢KUR KUR₄⸣ muš 26 ina [KIN].⸢SIG⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ 27 SI GIN 28 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ki PAP NU IGI [...] | |
| 6' | [...] SI GIN 29 ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN {kuš}E.SIR₂ NU ⸢TUH⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ZU₂.LUM 2(BARIG) PI GIBIL{meš} 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) kas₃ 1 GUR [...] | |
| 8' | [... i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂].BABBAR ina MAŠ.MAŠ dele-bat ina SAG ITU ina GIR₂.TAB EN TIL ITU ina PA ⸢in⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... x]{meš} KI.TA ILLU ŠU₂ TAG₄{meš} ILLU GIM IGI-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] | |
| 11' | {[itu}APIN 1 ...] 2 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL RIN₂ IGI DIR NU PAP kal ME [...] | |
| 12' | [... GE₆ 4 (SAG GE₆) sin ar₂ SI]-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG 4 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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