-130D (X301304)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -130D |
|---|---|
| ID | X301304 |
| Museum no. | BM 34936 |
| 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 17th, clouds ... the sky |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] low to the south. The 18th, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... the moon was] 2 cubits [... θ] Ophiuchi, the moon being 1 cubit |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 22nd, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] it thundered twice, cloudburst |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... and] west? winds blew. Night of the 24th, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Mercury’s] last appearance [in the west] in the beginning of Pisces; clouds, I did not watch. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... in] the morning, very overcast, all day |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... a]ll day clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] clouds were in the sky. The 28th, in the morning, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... PISA]N DIB, rain DUL |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] a little [hail of] small [stones] fell |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] the south wind blew. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [... of the mo]nth, 5 kurru, until the end of the month, 5? kurru 2 pānu ... |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] Pisces, until the end of the month, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] the river level, the 1st (and) the 2nd, remained constant; |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] total: 11 was the na (gauge); from the 25th |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [... Seleu]cia |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] bank? of the Tigris |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | [...] ... from the cities. |
| Obverse [20:22] o 21'21'– | [...] (blank) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] clouds? [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] below [x] Geminorum [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... x]+1/2 cubit, the moon being 1+[x ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... cl]ouds were in the sky, the north wind blew ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... Night of the 13th, beginning of the night,] the moon was 1 cu[bit] in front of γ Virginis [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 14th, [...] 3° [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] watch; first part of the night, Venus was 1 1/2 cubits below η Tauri |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [... Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [in front of] π Scorpii. The 16th, |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits [behind θ] Ophiuchi, the moon being 2/3 cubit low to the south |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] ... The 20th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 21st, |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was [...] above δ |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [Capricorni ...] The 23rd, Mercury’s [...] in the west in Aries, 3 1/2 cubits |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [...] winds blew?. Night of the 25th, first part of the night, Venus was |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | [...] The 27th, first part of the night, Mars was 3 cubits above α Tauri. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [...] gusty south and east winds blew. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | [... bar]ley?, in the beginning of the month, 2 pānu 4 sūtu, |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | [...] until the 23rd, 1 kurru 2 pānu |
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' | [...] 17 ⸢DIR AN x⸣ | |
| 2' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG 18 SI GIN | |
| 3' | [... MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄]-šil-PA 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 22 | |
| 5' | [...] 2-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB AN rad | |
| 6' | [... u] ⸢MAR⸣ GIN{meš} GE₆ 24 | |
| 7' | [... GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂] ina SAG zib{me} ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP | |
| 8' | [... ina] ⸢še⸣-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ kal ME | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢kal⸣ ME DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA 28 ina še-ri₃ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢PISAN⸣ DIB AN DUL-hat | |
| 12' | [...] TUR.TUR i-ṣa ŠUR-nun | |
| 13' | [...] ULU₃ GIN | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ 5 GUR EN TIL ITU 5 GUR 2(BARIG) ⸢x⸣ | |
| 15' | [...] zib{me} EN TIL ITU | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢ILLU⸣ 1 2 GUB-uz | |
| 17' | [...] PAP 11 na TA 25 | |
| 18' | [... {uru}se-lu]-⸢ke⸣-ʾa-a | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-hu {id₂}⸢IDIGNA⸣ | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TA URU{meš} | |
| 21' | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] DIR [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | [...] SIG ⸢MAŠ.MAŠ⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [... x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1+[x ...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆] ⸢sin⸣ ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 14 3 [...] | |
| 12' | [...] PAP USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 13' | [... GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI] ⸢MUL₂⸣-SIG-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 16 | |
| 14' | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢KIR₄⸣-šil-PA 3 KUŠ₃ sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 20 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 21 | |
| 16' | [...] GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin e MUL₂ ar₂ | |
| 17' | [(MUL₂-ar₂)-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ n n ...] 23 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina HUN 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣{meš} GE₆ 25 USAN dele-bat | |
| 19' | [...] 27 USAN AN e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ | |
| 20' | [...] ULU₃ u KUR ŠAR₂{meš} GIN{meš} | |
| 21' | [... še]-⸢im⸣ ina SAG ITU 2(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) | |
| 22' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ 23 1 GUR 2(BARIG) PI | |
| 23' | [...] | |
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