-125B (X301252)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -125B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301252 |
| Museum no. | BM 35135 |
| 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' | [...] ... passed, the south wind blew. Night of the 19th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... the moon was] 2 cubits [above θ Ophigh]uchigh, the moon having passed ½ cubit to the east; last part of the night, Mars [was ... above δ Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... pa]ssed; in the morning watch, rain DUL, the south wind blew. The 20th, Jupiter’s [last appearance] in the end of Pi[sces ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Night of the 22nd, very overcast; beginning of the night, much rain PISAN DIB. The 2[2nd, ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] the south wind blew. Night of the 25th (and) the 25th, very overcast, the south wind [blew ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] first part of the night, Venus was 1 1/2 cubits below η Tauri; in the morning watch, overcast. The 20+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... the day clouded over. The 28th, solar eclipse; clouds, I did not wa[tch ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] That month, the equivalent was: barley, in the beginning of the month, 4 sūtu [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... of the mon]th, 4 sūtu 4 qa, at the end of the month, 5 sūtu; da[tes, ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] in the beginning of the month, 1 kurru [...] |
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 DIB ULU₃⸣ GIN GE₆ 19 x [...] | |
| 2' | [... sin e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢KIR₄⸣-šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB ina ZALAG₂ AN [e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ n n ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢DIB⸣ U₄.ZAL AN DUL-hat ULU₃ GIN 20 MUL₂.BABBAR ina TIL ⸢zib⸣{me} [ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ 22 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG GE₆ AN MAH PISAN DIB 22 [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 25 25 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ U₄.ZAL ŠU₂ 20+[x ...] | |
| 7' | [...] x i-ru-up 28 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ DIR NU ⸢PAP⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI KI.LAM še-im ina SAG ITU 4(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ 4(BAN₂) 4 qa ina TIL ITU 5(BAN₂) ⸢ZU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ina SAG ITU 1 GUR [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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