-130B (X301302)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -130B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301302 |
| Museum no. | BM 77732 |
| 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' | [...] the moon being [...] low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] gusty [... and] west winds blew. The 7th, Mercury [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits [in front of β /δ] Scorpii, [it stood] 2 2/3 cubits in front of Mars [to the west ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was] ½ cubit [...] α Scorpii, the moon being 8 fingers high to the north. Around [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] Mars was 8 fingers below δ Scorpii. The 10+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] moonrise to sunset: 3° 30', measured (despite) mist; when the moon came out, more than [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... in its eclipse, the ‘garment of the sky’ was there; in [its] eclipse, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... x]+½ cubit below β Capricorni, [(the moon) having passed] ½ cubit to the east, [it became eclipsed ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Ni]ght of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 9° 30'; last part of the night, the moon was beh[ind ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] I did not see (it). |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [... η /μ ] Geminorum 4? [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] south ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] citizens to the province [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] That month, I heard that at the end of the month the [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... from Seleucia] which is on the Tigris to [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] messengers of the general [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [...] ... That month, the 1st, the satrap [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] sunset to moonset: [...]; it was low to the sun [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢sin⸣ n n] ⸢ana ULU₃ SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... u] MAR ŠAR₂{meš} GIN{meš} 7 GU₄.UD [...] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-x-ša₂]-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 3 KUŠ₃ ina IGI AN 2 2/3 [KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin x] SI₄ 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 8 SI ana SI NIM in [...] | |
| 5' | [...] AN SIG MUL₂-MURUB₄-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 8 SI 10+[x ...] | |
| 6' | [...] 3.30 ME a-kam₂ muš sin ki E-a al-[la ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ TUG₂ AN-e GAR-in ina ⸢AN⸣.[KU₁₀-šu₂ ...] | |
| 8' | [... x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM [DIB a-dir ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 14 9.30 GE₆ ina ZALAG₂ sin ⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] NU IGI | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 4 [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... {im]}U₁₈.LU ina ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... pu-li]-ta-an-nu ana {kur}ma-di-na-tu₂ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI al-te-me ša₂ ina TIL ITU {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a] ša₂ ana UGU {id₂}IDIGNA ana ⸢URU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] {lu₂}DUMU šip-ri{meš} ša₂ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ITU BI U₄ 1.KAM₂ {lu₂}mu-ma-ʾi-ir [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢na⸣-su ana šamaš₂ SIG [...] | |
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