-137C (X301373)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -137C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301373 |
| Museum no. | BM 33820 |
| 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' | [Year 110 which] is year 174, ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] to the east? [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] above α Leonis. Night [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] stood [nn] cubits to the east; the south wind [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] being [nn] cubits high to the north; last part of the night, Mars? [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... Z]I IR. The 8th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind [β Capricorni ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... the no]rth wind blew. The 12th, the north wind blew. Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 7º; clouds ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ... The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 9º, measured [...] overcast. Night of the 15th, [sunset to moonrise:] 1[5º ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] the north wind blew, ZI IR. Night of the 10+[xth, a]ll [night] very overcast, the north wind blew ... [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] Night of the 18th, clouds were in the sky [...] ZI IR ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... x]+2 cubits high to the north; the north wind blew [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [... Night of the 21st, last part of the night], the moon was [...] in front of η Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] being [...] high to the north. The 22nd, the north wind blew. Night of the 23rd, [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] The 24th, the north wind blew. Night of the 25th, [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... bl]ew. Night of the 28th, last part of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... the equivalent was: bar]ley, 2 pānu 3 qa; da[tes, ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] minas for 1 shekel of silver [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] That month, the 1st day, the administrator [...] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'– | [...] I heard? [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | 1? 2/3? [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] around the 12th, Mercury’s [last appearance in the east in Scorpius ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] measured; lunar eclipse [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind γ Geminorum [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] all night clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [...] δ Cancri, the moon being 1/2 [cubit ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits above α Leonis, the moon being ... [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] ... Night of the 21st, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was [...] above β Virginis [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... Night of the 23rd], last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Virginis, the moon being 2 cubits [high to the north ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] Night of the 25th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit above α Librae [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... Night of the 26th, clou]ds were in the sky, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of β Scorpii. The 26th, [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... The 27th], moonrise to sunrise: [2]1º 30', measured (despite) mist; clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 28th (and) the 28th, night of the 29th, [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] the 13th, 1 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; the 14th, 1 pānu 4 sūtu; from the 15th to the 20th, 1 pānu 3 sūtu; the 21st (and) the 22nd, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 2+[x qa ...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] kur 3 pānu 2 sūtu; mustard, 4 kurru, at the end of the month, 3 kurru 2 pānu 2 sūtu; cress, 2 sūtu; sesame, [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [... beginn]ing of Pisces; Venus and Saturn were in Libra; Mercury, in the beginning of the month, was in Libra; around the 12th, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the east [in Scorpius ...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] the general who is above the 4 generals, from Babylon to Seleu[cia ...] |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | [...] in the province of Media opposite of Elam [...] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'– | [Diary] from month V until the end of month VIII, year 110, which is year 17[4 ...] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1't.e. 1'–t.e. 1't.e. 1' | [Dia]ry from month V until [...] |
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' | [MU 1 ME 10.KAM₂ ša₂] ši-i MU 1 ME 60+14.KAM₂ x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ana NIM [...] | |
| 3' | [...] e ⸢LUGAL⸣ n n] ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB ULU₃ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ina ZALAG₂ AN [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ZI⸣ IR 8 DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ [SI-MAŠ₂ n n ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ GIN 12 SI GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ 13 7 ME DIR ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢SIG⸣ 14 9 na muš [x x] ŠU₂ GE₆ 15 15 [GE₆ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] SI GIN ZI IR GE₆ 10+[x] ⸢kal⸣ [GE₆] ⸢ŠU₂⸣.ŠU₂ SI GIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] GE₆ 18 DIR AN ZA [x x x] ZI IR ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... x]+2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM SI GIN [...] | |
| 13' | [... GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂] sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ana SI NIM 22 SI GIN GE₆ 23 [...] | |
| 15' | [...] 24 SI GIN GE₆ 25 [...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 28 ina ZALAG₂ [...] | |
| 17' | [... KI.LAM še]-im 2 PI 3 qa ⸢ZU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢MA⸣.NA a-na 1 GIN₂ ⸢KU₃⸣.[BABBAR ...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI U₄ 1.KAM₂ {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM [...] | |
| 20' | [...] al-te-[me ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] 1 2/3 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] in 12 GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [ina NIM ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [...] muš AN.KU₁₀ sin [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-⸢SIPA⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] kal GE₆ DIR AN ZA SI GIN [...] | |
| 6' | [... sin x MUL₂]-⸢ar₂⸣-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 7' | [...] GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin e LUGAL 2 KUŠ₃ sin i [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 21 SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin e GIR₃-ar₂-<<tu₂>>-⸢ša₂⸣-[A n n ...] | |
| 9' | [... GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana [SI NIM ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 25 DIR AN ZA SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 26 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 26 [...] | |
| 12' | [... 27 21.30 KUR a-kam₂ muš DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 28 28 GE₆ 29 [...] | |
| 13' | [...] 13 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa 14 1(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) TA 15 EN 20 1(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) 21 22 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 2+[x qa ...] | |
| 14' | [...] GUR 3(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) kas₃ 4 GUR ina TIL ITU 3 GUR 2(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 2(BAN₂) ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ zib{me} dele-bat u GENNA ina RIN₂ GU₄.UD ina SAG ITU ina RIN₂ in 12 GU₄.UD ina NIM [ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 16' | [... {lu₂]}GAL ERIN₂{meš} ša₂ ana UGU 4 {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš}tu₂ TA E{ki} ana {uru}se-lu-[ke-ʾa-a ...] | |
| 17' | [...] ina {kur}ma-di-na-at ša₂ KUR ma-da-a-a ana tar-ṣi NIM.MA{ki} [...] | |
| 18' | [EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂]-e ša₂ TA NE EN TIL APIN MU 1 ME 10 ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ME 1.14 ...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [EN].⸢NUN⸣ ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA NE EN [...] | |
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