-130C (X301303)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -130C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301303 |
| Museum no. | BM 55585 |
| 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' | [... Venus was ...] above γ Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was ...] above γ Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 26th, last part of the night,] the moon was 4? [cubits] below α Geminorum |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Mars was] 20 fingers above α Scorpii ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] dates, 1 kurru 3 sūtu [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Venus, in] the beginning of the month, was in [Taurus ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ...; Saturn was in Capric[orn ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... rece]ded [...], total: 24 was the na [(gauge) ...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [...] ... to the land Ma[...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... the moon was ...] α Arietis [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... Jupiter was] 1 ½ [cubits above] α Virginis [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] ... The 21st, the north wind bl[ew ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] (erasure) [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... Mars was] ½ cubit [below θ] Ophiuchi [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] 2 ½ cubits, the moon being 2 [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... the moon was] 1 cubit 8 fingers below? Venus [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] 4 cubits. The 28th, the north wind [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] 1 pānu 2? sūtu 3 qa; not good ones, [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... x]+1 ½ qa; wool, 1 mi[na ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [... which had set,] was not visible. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] ... Night of the 21st?, [...] |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... dele-bat] ⸢e⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-⸢SIPA⸣ n n] | |
| 3' | [... GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin] e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-⸢SIPA⸣ n n] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 4 [KUŠ₃] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ e SI₄ 20 SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ZU₂.LUM⸣.MA 1 GUR 3(BARIG) [...] | |
| 7' | [... dele-bat ina] SAG ITU ina [MUL₂.MUL₂ ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GENNA⸣ ina ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢LAL⸣ PAP 24 ⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ana {kur}ma-⸢di⸣-[na-tu₂ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ina] ZALAG₂ sin [...] | |
| 3' | [... sin x MUL₂]-⸢ar₂⸣-ša₂-SAG-HUN [...] | |
| 4' | [... MUL₂.BABBAR e] SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 21 SI ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] [...] | |
| 7' | [... AN SIG MUL₂-KUR]-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 [...] | |
| 9' | [... sin] ⸢SIG⸣ dele-bat 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI [...] | |
| 10' | [...] 4 KUŠ₃ 28 SI [...] | |
| 11' | [...] 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 3 qa NU DU₃ [...] | |
| 12' | [... x]+1 1/2 qa SIG₂{hi.a} 1 ⸢MA⸣.[NA] | |
| 13' | [... GU₄.UD ša₂ ŠU₂]-u₂ NU IGI | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 21 [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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