-126A (X301261)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -126A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301261 |
| Museum no. | BM 34274 + 34739 |
| 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' | [...] ... 4 sūtu 3 qa [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... fr]om the 22nd to the 24th, 2 pānu |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | from [... sesa]me, 1 sūtu 1 qa and one-fourth; wool, 4 minas. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | At that time, Jupiter was in Aquarius; Venus, in [...] ... [... around] the 13th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Scorpius; Mars, in the beginning of the month, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | was in Pisces, in the middle of the month, in Aries. That month, the river level from the 2nd? [to the 13th] receded [...], total: 32 ½ was the na (gauge); |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | from the 14th to the 19th, it receded 2 fingers, total: 33 was the na (gauge); the 23rd (and) the 24th, it rose 4 fingers, total: 34 was the na (gauge). That month, on the 4th, Ṭimarkusu |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | who previously from the side of king Arsaces was appointed the guard commander and who in month IV |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | had escaped from Aspasinē, came from the side of Indupanē with troops of Media; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | entered Babylon. That day, the administrator of the Esangila and the Babylonians provided for highm one bull and 3 (sheep) sacrifices |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | as an offering at the ‘Gate of the Son of the Prince’ of the Esangila. The 6th, they went to Borsippa. The 8th, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | they came out from Borsippa and went to the side of Indupanē to the area of Seleucia which is on |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | the Tigris. The 9th, the great dais which in month I had been put at ... of the ‘Pure Gate’, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | its top was changed. The night of the 27th, (it was) as before. That month, the 25th, the sacrifices which had been interrupted in the Day-1-Temple |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | ... to Bēl, Bēltiya and Ištar of Babylon |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | ... [...] The 28th, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] ... they sent?. |
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 4 (BAN₂) 3 qa⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢TA⸣ 22 EN 24 2 (BARIG) PI | |
| 3' | ⸢TA⸣ [... ŠE.GIŠ].I₃ 1(BAN₂) 1 qa u₃ 4-u₂ SIG₂{hi.a} 4 MA.NA | |
| 4' | i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ⸢GU dele-bat ina⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [... in] 13 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina GIR₂.TAB IGI AN ina SAG ITU | |
| 5' | ina zib{me} ina MURUB₄ ITU ina HUN ITU BI ILLU TA 2 [EN 13 n n ⸢LAL⸣ PAP 32 1/2 na | |
| 6' | TA 14 EN 19 2 SI LAL PAP 33 na 23 24 4 ⸢U GIN PAP 34 na ITU BI U₄ 4 {m}ṭi-mar-ku-us-su | |
| 7' | ša₂ ina IGI-a TA DA {m}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL ina {lu₂}GAL EN.NUN mun-nu-u₂ u ina {itu}ŠU ina IGI | |
| 8' | {m}as-pa-si-ne₂-e iš-hi-i-ṭi TA DA {m}in-du-pa-ne₂-e KI {lu₂}ERIN₂{meš} KUR ma-da-a-a | |
| 9' | GIN{meš} ana E{ki} KU₄{meš} U₄ BI {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM E₂.SAG.GIL₂ u {lu₂}E{ki}{meš} 1-en GU₄ u₃ 3 SISKUR₂{meš} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina KA₂.DUMU.NUN.NA ša₂ E₂.SAG.GIL₂ NIDBA ul-te-zi-zu-ni-šu₂ U₄ 6 ana bar-sip₃{ki} GIN{meš} U₄ 8 | |
| 2 | TA bar-sip₃{ki} E₃ ana DA {m}in-du-pa-ne₂-e ana li-mit {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ina UGU | |
| 3 | {id₂}IDIGNA GIN{meš} U₄ 9 BAR₂ GAL-u₂ ša₂ ina {itu}BAR ana be x KA₂.SIKIL.LA ŠUB-u₂ | |
| 4 | SAG.DU-su na-kir GE₆ 27 GIM IGI-iʾ ITU BI U₄ 25 SISKUR₂ ša₂ ina E₂-U₄.1.KAM₂ | |
| 5 | ba-aṭ-⸢lu-u₂ x x x x x x x⸣ ana {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ u {d}INNIN TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ U₄ 28 | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x KIN⸣-uʾ | |
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