-122A (X301221)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -122A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301221 |
| Museum no. | BM 45998 + 46049 |
| 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' | [...] pānu 3 qa; from the 13th to the 19th, 2 pānu; the 20th (and) the 21st, 1 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; the 2[2nd ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... un]til the end of the month, 1 s¹t 4 1/2 qa and one-fourth; wool, 1 1/2 minas for 1 shekel of wrought silver which [were given] in the land [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] That month, the river level, on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, receded 4 fingers, total: 20 was the na (gauge); from the 4th to the 12th?, it rose 1 cubit 20 fingers, total: 9 was the na (gauge); from the 13th un[til ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] were erected [at the] outer gate which is above the gate of Ištar which before fire had destroyed. That month, the 10th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] got ..., and a little bit from the wall of Seleucia ..., the water entered into the city ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] a woman gave birth, and there were two (babies) joined to each other, they had one head, four eyes, four legs [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] plundered [...] the other rivers. That year, samānu seized the barley during the harvest. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Month II, ...] ... [... Ni]ght of the 2nd, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits below ζ Tauri, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east, it was 2 cubits 4 fingers below Jupiter, the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] Night of the 4th, ... [...] a little rain shower, the south wind blew. Around the 4th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Taurus; clouds, I did not watch. Night of the 5th, very overcast; beg[inning? ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] slow [...], rain shower, the south wind bl[ew? ...] and? setting of the moon, a rainbow whose shighne was red [stretched] from the north to the south side [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] ... The 8th, the north wind blew?. Ni[ght of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [in front of] γ Virginis. The 9th, the north wind which was set to the west side blew. Night of the 10th, beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] ... surrounded ... [... Night of the 12th, beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 2? [cubits] below β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [... Night of the 13th,] beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above β Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [... Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [in front of θ] Ophiuchi, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. The 10+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was n] cubits [in front of β Capricorni,] the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 17th, cl[ouds? ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] gusty [... winds] blew. Night of the 20th, very overcast ... [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] ..., I did not watch. Night of the 20+xth, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew ... [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] ... [...] the moon having passed a little to the east ... [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] Night of the 26th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] were in the sky? [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [...] month [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] 2 1/2? cubits. The 5th, cl[ouds? ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] low to the south, behind Venus? [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] Jupiter was 1+[x cubits] below α Geminorum [...] |
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' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢PI 3 qa TA 13 EN 19 2(BARIG) PI 20 21 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa 22 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ TIL ITU 1(BAN₂) 4 1/2 qa u 4-ʾu-u₂ SIG₂{hi.a} 1 1/2 MA.NA a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ep₂-šu₂ ša₂ ina KUR [SUM ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI ILLU 1 2 3 4 SI LAL PAP 20 na TA 4 EN 12 1 KUŠ₃ 20 SI GIN PAP 9 na TA 13 ⸢EN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] KA₂.GAL ki-da-nu ša₂ AN.TA KA₂.GAL {d}15 ša₂ ina IGI-ma IZI KU₂ iz-zaq-pu-u₂ ITU BI U₄ 10.KAM ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŠA₃ TUK-ma mim-ma i-ṣa TA BAD₃ {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a x x A{meš} ana ŠA₃ URU KU₄{meš} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢MI₂⸣ U₃.TU-ma 2-ma DIB.DIB{meš} 1-en SAG.DU-su-nu 4 IGI{meš}šu₂-nu 4 GIR₃{meš}šu₂-nu [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ID₂{meš} ša₂-nu-tu₂ SAR-uʾ MU BI še-im ina BURU₁₄ sa-ma-nu DIB-bat | |
| 9' | [GU₄ ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 2 sin SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB SIG ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR 2 KUŠ₃ 4 SI sin [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 4 x⸣ [x x x x] AN UTAH i-ṣa ULU₃ GIN in 4 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP GE₆ 5 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢SAG⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ne₂-hi AN ⸢UTAH⸣ ULU₃ ⸢GIN⸣ [x x] ⸢u₃⸣ ŠU₂ ša₂ sin {d}TIR.AN.NA ša₂ MUŠ₂{meš}šu₂ SUD TA SI ana A₂ ULU₃ [GIB ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x] 8 ⸢SI GIN GE₆⸣ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ina] ⸢IGI⸣ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 9 SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN GE₆ 10 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ NIGIN ⸢x⸣ [... GE₆ 12 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin SIG RIN₂-ša₂-⸢SI 2 KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [... GE₆ 13 SAG ⸢GE₆ sin⸣ e MUL₂-⸢e⸣-[ša₂]-SAG-[GIR₂.TAB n n ...] | |
| 15' | [... GE₆ 14 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢KIR₄-šil⸣-PA 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 10+[x ...] | |
| 16' | [... GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ n] KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 17 DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] ŠAR₂{meš} GIN-uʾ ⸢GE₆⸣ 20 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ NU PAP GE₆ 20+x DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 26 DIR AN ⸢ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢AN ZA⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | [...] ITU [...] | |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 5 ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ana ULU₃ SIG ar₂ dele-bat [...] | |
| 4' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 1+[x KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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