-132A (X301321)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -132A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301321 |
| Museum no. | BM 45830 |
| 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' | [...] places? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] few [...] from ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... who is ab]ove the four generals, from Babylon ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Seleucia which is on the Tig[ris ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] ... they put, went out ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Month II, ...] ... when? I watched I did not? [see? it ...] ... beginning of the night, very overcast; all ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] in the middle watch, overcast; lightning flashed, much thunder ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... the moon] stood 2? cubits? [...] to the east, the moon being ½ cubit high to the north, in front of α Leonis? [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | 1 cubit ... ρ Leonis, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south; all ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | the moon being 2/3 cubit low to the south; first part of the night, Venus was 1+[x cubits] above δ Cancri [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | the moon being 2 cubits low to the south; all night clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 7th, clouds were in the sky, the no[rth? wind ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Gemini; it was bright, sunset to setting of Mercury: 15° 30', [(ideal) first appearance] on the 5th [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [in the after]noon, very overcast. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below α Librae [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'– | [...] the south wind blew. The 11th, all day very overcast? ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | $(traces) |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | from Seleucia which is on the Tigris [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | at the ‘Gate of the Son of the Prince’ of Esangil they provided for highm [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | he performed [for ...] and for highs (own) life. Night of the 22nd, Te'ude[sisu? ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 8°; dense mist, when I watched I did not see it; clouds [...] the sky [... Night of the 3rd, the moon was] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | 2 cubits [in front of δ] Scorpii, the moon being 8 fingers low to the south. The 3rd, the north wind blew. Night [... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | 1 cubit behind θ Ophiuchi, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south; all [night ... Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | 2 ½sic cubits below Saturn; the north wind blew. The 6th, the north wind blew. Night of the 7th, first part of the night, Ma[rs was ... above θ Ophiuchi ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Night of the 9th (and) the 9th, the north wind blew. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind δ [Capricorni ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | the north wind blew. Night of the 13th (and) the 13th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 14th, ... [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 10°, measured; the north wind blew. Night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: 1° 40' [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | The 17th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [α Tauri ...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 ½? [cubits] above μ Geminorum [...] |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'– | beginning? [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1'l.e. 1'–l.e. 1'l.e. 1' | [... year 1]15, which is year 179 [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢KI{meš⸣} [...] | |
| 2' | [...] i-ṣu-tu₂ TA x x x x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢UGU⸣ 4 {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} TA E{ki} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ana muh-hi {id₂}⸢IDIGNA⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ GAR-uʾ E₃-u₂ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x x x x [x x] x x x x x x x [...] | |
| 7' | [GU₄ ...] ⸢x⸣ PAP NU ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣ SAG GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ kal ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] EN.NUN.MURUB₄.BA ŠU₂ GIR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] 2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ina IGI {mul₂}LUGAL [...] | |
| 10' | [x] MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢kal GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | ⸢sin⸣ 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG USAN dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1+[x KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 12' | ⸢sin⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG kal GE₆ ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN 7 DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [x] GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ.MAŠ IGI KUR 15.30 na-su in 5 [IGI ...] | |
| 14' | [ina KIN].⸢SIG⸣ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin SIG RIN₂-ša₂-⸢ULU₃⸣ n n ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ULU₃ GIN 11 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 2' | TA {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ana muh-hi {id₂}⸢IDIGNA⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ina KA₂.DUMU.NUN.NA ša₂ E₂.SAG.GIL₂ GUB{meš}ni-šu₂ ina [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢u₃⸣ ana bul-ṭi-šu₂ GAR-an GE₆ 22 {m}ṭe-ʾu-u₂-⸢de⸣-[si-i-su ...] | |
| 5' | KIN 30 8 na-su a-kam₂ KALAG ki PAP NU IGI DIR AN [... GE₆ 3 sin ina IGI] | |
| 6' | 5 MUL₂-MURUB₄-ša₂⸣-SAG-⸢GIR₂.TAB⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 8 U ana ULU₃ SIG 3 SI GIN GE₆ [... GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 7' | ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢kal⸣ [GE₆ ... GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 8' | SIG GENNA 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ SI GIN 6 SI GIN GE₆ 7 USAN ⸢AN⸣ [e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA n n ...] | |
| 9' | GE₆ 9 9 SI GIN GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-[SUHUR-MAŠ₂ n n ...] | |
| 10' | SI GIN GE₆ 13 13 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 14 ina [...] | |
| 11' | 15 10 UŠ na muš SI GIN GE₆ 16 1.40 ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | 17 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [is-le₁₀ n n ...] | |
| 13' | GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin e MUL₂-ar₂⸣-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 14' | SAG [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | [... MU 1 ME] 15.KAM₂ ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ME 1.19.[KAM₂ ...] | |
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