-123B (X301232)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -123B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301232 |
| Museum no. | BM 34962 + 35190 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month) ... Night of the 2nd, the moon was] 4 cubits [in front of α] Librae, it stood 2 cubits behind Venus to the east. Night of the 3rd, the moon was [...] below β Lib[rae ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of θ Ophiuchi [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 9th, ...] ... beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit be[highnd] β Capricorni, the moon being 2/3 cubit low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] 3 cubits [...] which is behind β Capricorni. The 11th, ZI IR; the north wind blew. Night of the 12th, ZI IR [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... when Jupiter became stationary to the east,] it became stationary [... in front of β Tau]ri, 1/2 cubit <high> to the north. The 13th, ZI IR; the north wind blew. Night of the 14th, [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... the north wind blew. Night of the 16th, first part of the night, Venus was 3 1/2 cubits below β Librae [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ZI IR. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits below η Tauri, the moon being [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ... [...] ... The 20th, the north wind blew ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... clou]ds were in the sky, ZI IR; last part of the night, very overcast. The 23rd, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew, ZI IR. Ni[ght of the xth,] clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Night of the 25th,] first part of the night, Venus was 4 fingers abovesic! β Scorpii; last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind ρ Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... Saturn’s acronychal] rising. The 28th, equinox; I did not watch; at noon, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 29th, very overcast. The 29th, Mer[cury ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... date]s, 1 pānu 5 1/2 qa, at the end of the month, 1 pānu 4 sūtu; new ones, at the end of the month, 2 pānu 5 sūtu; mustard, 3 kurru; cre[ss, ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] first appearance ...; Saturn was in Aries; Mars, which had set, was not visi[ble ...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] offering for the satrap of [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[itu}KIN 30 ... GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂]-⸢ULU₃⸣ 4 KUŠ₃ ar₂ dele-bat 2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB GE₆ 3 sin SIG RIN₂-⸢ša₂⸣-[SI n n ...] | |
| 3' | [...] x ŠU₂ SI ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-⸢PA⸣ n n ...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 9 ...] ⸢x⸣ SAG GE₆ sin ⸢ar₂ SI⸣-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ša₂ ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ 3 KUŠ₃ 11 ZI IR SI GIN GE₆ 12 ZI IR [...] | |
| 6' | [... MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ki UŠ-u₂ n n ina IGI ŠUR-GIGIR]-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI <NIM> UŠ 13 ZI IR SI GIN GE₆ 14 [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SI GIN GE₆ 16 USAN dele-bat SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ZI IR GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x 20 SI GIN x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA ZI IR ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 23 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ZI IR ⸢GE₆⸣ [x] DIR AN [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 25 ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 4 SI ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-⸢KUŠ₃⸣-[ar₂]-⸢LUGAL⸣ n n ...] | |
| 12' | [... GENNA ana ME] E-a 28 LAL₂-ti₃ NU PAP AN.BAR₇ DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 29 GU₄.[UD ...] | |
| 13' | [... ZU₂].⸢LUM⸣ 1(BARIG) PI 5 1/2 qa ⸢ina TIL ITU 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ina TIL ITU GIBIL{meš} 2(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) kas₃ 3 GUR sah-[le₁₀ ...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ IGI GENNA ina HUN AN ša₂ ŠU₂-u₂ NU ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] NIDBA ana {lu₂}GAL UKKIN KUR [URI{ki} ...] | |
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