-137B (X301372)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -137B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301372 |
| Museum no. | BM 45761 |
| 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' | [...] all day [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 7th, beginning of the ni[ght, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 8th, beginning] of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of β Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] were [in the sky], the south and east winds blew; in the afternoon, very overcast [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] cubits high to the north; all night very overcast, the south wind [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, slow rain, PI[SAN ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] stood [... to the ea]st; the north wind blew. The 12th, in the morning, clouds [...] the sky, [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Night of the 14th, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [above] α Scorpii, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] I did not watch; at 35° before sunset; the south wind bl[ew ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] blew; in the afternoon, clouds were in the sky ... [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... clou]ds were in the sky, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] very overcast, lightning flashed continuously, [it thund]ered twice [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] ..., the moon being 2 1/2 cubits [low] to the south [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... Night of the 2]4th, last part of the night, the moon was [nn cubits] behind [α Arietis ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... Mercury’s] last appearance [in the west in the e]nd of Gemini; the north wind [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... Night of the 7th, first part of the night, Ven]us was 2/3 cubit above α Leonis; the north wind blew. The 7th, the north wind blew. [Night] of the 8th?, [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the moon being 2/3 cubit high to the north, [it stood] 2 fingers behind Saturn to the east [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] low; the north wind blew. The 10th, the north wind blew. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon [was ... behind β Scorpii ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, θ Ophigh]uchigh entered the moon; the north wind blew. The 12th, the north wind blew. Night of the 13th, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... the we]st wind blew. Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 3º 30', measured; the west wind blew. The 14th, [sunrise to moonset:] 1º 20+[x' ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... the nor]th wind blew. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind δ Capricorni [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night], the moon stood 1 1/2 cubits behind Jupiter to the east, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] the north wind which was set to the west side blew; all day haze covered the sky ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was] 6 1/2 cubits [below α Arie]tis, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 21st, solstice, I did not watch ... [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... Night of the 22nd, first part of the night, Venus was] 4 1/2 cubits [below θ Leonis]; the north wind blew. The 22nd, the north wind blew. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind η Tauri [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind α Tauri, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] cubits, the moon having passed a little to the east. The 25th, the north wind blew. Night of the 26th, the north wind blew; last [part of the night, ...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [... Night of the 27th], the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon stood 1 cubit in front of Mercury to the west, the moon being 2 cubits [high to the north ...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] measured; the north wind blew. Night of the 28th (and) the 28th, the north wind blew. Night of the 29th (and) the 29th, night of the 3[0th, ...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [... the 1]7th, 2 pānu 1 sūtu 3 qa; the 18th, 2 pānu1 sūtu; from the 19th to the end of the month, 2 pānu; dates, in the beg[inning ...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...] sesame, 2 sūtu 1/2 qa; wool, 3 minas, at the end of the month, 2 1/2 minas. At [that time, ...] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [...] ...; Saturn was in Libra; Mars was in Taurus. That month, the river level receded 20 fingers [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | [...] ... departed. I heard that on the 18th day the general [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [... a mess]age? from king Arsaces to kill the general [...] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | [...] the province of Elam ... [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢kal ME⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ZA SI GIN ⸢GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 7 SAG ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 8 SAG] GE₆ sin ina IGI GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... AN] ZA ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.⸢ŠU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] DIR AN ZA SI GIN ina KIN.SIG DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB AN ne₂-hi ⸢PISAN⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... ana] ⸢NIM⸣ GUB SI GIN 12 ina še-ri₃ DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 14 sin e] ⸢SI₄⸣ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB [...] | |
| 11' | [...] NU PAP in 35 ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ ULU₃ ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ ina KIN.SIG DIR AN ZA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GIR₂ GIR₂.GIR₂ U 2-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢ULU₃⸣ [SIG ...] | |
| 16' | [... GE₆] 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ [MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN n KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 17' | [... GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina] ⸢TIL⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ SI [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆ 7 USAN dele]-⸢bat⸣ e LUGAL 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃ SI⸣ GIN 7 SI GIN [GE₆] 8 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ar₂ GENNA 2 U ana ⸢NIM⸣ [GUB ...] | |
| 4' | [...] SIG SI GIN 10 SI GIN GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ ⸢sin⸣ [ar₂ MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB n n ...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄]-šil-PA ana ŠA₃ sin KU₄ SI GIN 12 SI GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ 13 [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢MAR⸣ GIN GE₆ 14 3.30 ME muš MAR GIN 14 1.20+[x na ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ GIN GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂] sin ar₂ MUL₂.BABBAR 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN kal ME hi-il AN ŠU₂-im UD ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂]-⸢SAG⸣-HUN 6 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 21 šamaš₂ GUB NU PAP ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 22 USAN dele-bat SIG GIŠ.KUN-A] 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ SI GIN 22 SI GIN GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ n n ...] | |
| 12' | [...] SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ is-le₁₀ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB 25 SI GIN GE₆ 26 SI GIN ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [... GE₆ 27 SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI GU₄.UD 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana [SI NIM ...] | |
| 15' | [...] muš SI GIN GE₆ 28 28 SI GIN GE₆ 29 29 GE₆ 30 [...] | |
| 16' | [...] 17 2(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) 3 qa 18 2(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) TA 19 EN TIL ITU 2 PI ZU₂.LUM ina ⸢SAG⸣ [ITU ...] | |
| 17' | [...] ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 2(BAN₂) 1/2 qa SIG₂{hi.a} 3 MA.NA ina TIL ITU 2 1/2 MA.NA i-[nu-šu₂ ...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GENNA ina RIN₂ AN ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ITU BI ILLU 20 SI LAL [...] | |
| 19' | [...]-a-a TUH{meš} al-te-me ša₂ U₄ 18.KAM₂ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} [...] | |
| 20' | [... ši]-⸢piš⸣-tu₂ ša₂ {m}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL ana GAZ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂ [...] | |
| 21' | [...] {⸢kur⸣}ma-di-na-at ša₂ NIM.MA{ki} u₂ x [...] | |
| 22' | [...] | |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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