-140B (X301402)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -140B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301402 |
| Museum no. | BM 35053 + 35815 |
| 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 15th, sunrise to moonset: 5° [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | a little rain shower. Ni[ght? ... Night of the 16th, last part of the night,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the moon was 8? fingers behind α Tauri, the m[oon? ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, a little rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | all? day clouds were in the sky, the north wind which was set to the west side blew ... [... in the after]noon, overcast, lightning flashed [continuously,] much thunder [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ..., strong gusty north and west wind. The 17th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky [...] ... rain shower, the north wind which was set to the west side [blew ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] rainbow and one section of a rainbow [...] stretched from west to north [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... cl]ouds were in the sky. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit behind μ Geminorum, [the moon] being 1/2? cubit back to the west. The 18th, the north wind blew. Ni[ght of the 19th, ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [last part of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits below α Geminorum, the moon having passed a little to the east. The 19th, the north wind blew. [Night] of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [γ /δ] Cancri [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] ... [... Night of the 21st,] clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 5? cubits below ε Leonis, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 21st, [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the] night, the moon was 3? cubits behind α Leonis, the moon being [nn] fingers high to the north. The 22nd, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] was surrounded by a halo which was not closed, its gate was open to the south? ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind γ Virginis, [it stood ...] in front of Venus [to the west ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... above Saturn,] the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Virginis [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the south wind blew. Night of the 28th (and) the 28th, the south wind blew. Night of the 29th, last part of the night, Venus was [...] above α Virginis [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] the south wind blew; at noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo which was not closed, its gate was open to the south. Night of the 30th (and) the 30th, the south wind [blew ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [That month, the equivalent was:] barley, in the beginning of the month, 2 pānu 5 sūtu, until the middle of the month, 3? pānu; dates, in the beginning of the month, 2 kurru 1 pānu [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] 2 kurru 2 pānun; new ones, 2 kurru 4 pānu; mustard, 1 kurru 2? pānu 3? sūtu; cress, 1 pānu [x] qa; sesame, [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... wool, x]+1 minas for 1 shekel of wrought silver which were given in the land. At that time, Jupiter was in Scorpius; Venus was in [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] the 3rd, Venus reached Virgo; the 21st, Jupiter reached Sagittarius; Mercury [and Mars], which had set, were not visible [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] total?: 20? was the na (gauge). That month, the 4th day, Antiochus, the general? of Babylonia [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | to? the position of general, and Nikanor, [the gener]al? of Babylonia [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | to Seleucia which is on the Tigris [...] |
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' | 15 5 na⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | AN UTAH i-ṣa ⸢GE₆⸣ [... GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂] | |
| 3' | sin ar₂ is-le₁₀ 8 SI ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB AN UTAH i-[ṣa ...] | |
| 5' | ⸢kal⸣ ME DIR AN ZA SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN ⸢x x⸣ [... ina KIN].SIG ŠU₂ GIR₂ [GIR₂].GIR₂ GU₃ U MAH [...] | |
| 6' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ SI u MAR ŠAR₂ KALAG 17 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ⸢DIB⸣ [x x x x] ŠAR₂ AN UTAH SI ša₂ PA MAR ⸢GAR⸣ [GIN ...] | |
| 7' | [x x] TIR.AN.NA ⸢u⸣ 1-et bu-tuq-tu₄ {d}TIR.AN.[NA x x x] x{meš} TA MAR ana SI GIB [...] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [sin] 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 18 SI GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ 19 ...] | |
| 9' | [ina ZALAG₂ sin] SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-⸢IGI 3 KUŠ₃⸣ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB 19 SI GIN [GE₆] 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-[ULU₃ ...] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x GE₆ 21 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SAG-[A] 5 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 21 [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 22 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂ sin ar₂⸣ LUGAL 3 KUŠ₃ sin [N] SI ana SI NIM 22 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢TUR₃⸣ NU ⸢KAD₂⸣ NIGIN KA₂-šu₂ ana ⸢ULU₃⸣ BAD ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI dele-⸢bat⸣ [N N ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| 2' | [... e GENNA N N] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN [N N ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ULU₃ GIN⸣ GE₆ 28 28 ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 29 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN [N N ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ULU₃ GIN AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NU KAD₂ NIGIN KA₂-šu₂ ana ULU₃ BAD GE₆ 30 30 ULU₃ [GIN ...] | |
| 5' | [ITU BI KI.LAM] še-im ina SAG ITU 2(BARIG) 5(BAN₂) EN MURUB₄ ITU 3(BARIG) PI ZU₂.LUM.MA ina SAG ITU 2 GUR 1(BARIG) [...] | |
| 6' | [x x x] 2 GUR 2(BARIG) PI GIBIL{⸢meš⸣} 2 GUR 4(BARIG) PI kas₃ 1 GUR 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) sah-le₁₀ 1 ⸢PI⸣ [x] ⸢qa⸣ ŠE.GIŠ.[I₃ ...] | |
| 7' | [x x x]+1 MA.NA a-na 1 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR ep₂-šu₂ ša₂ ina KUR SUM-in i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB dele-bat ina [...] | |
| 8' | [x x x] 3 dele-bat ABSIN KUR-ad₂ 21 MUL₂.BABBAR ⸢PA KUR-ad₂⸣ GU₄.UD [u AN] ša₂ ŠU₂-u₂ NU IGI [...] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢PAP 20 na⸣ ITU BI U₄ 4.KAM₂ {m}an-ti-ʾu-uk-⸢su⸣ [x {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣ ERIN₂{meš} KUR ⸢URI⸣{ki} [...] | |
| 10' | [a]-na {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣-u₂-qu-u₂-tu u {m}ni-i-ka-nu-u₂-ru {[lu₂}GAL ERIN₂]{meš} KUR URI{ki} [...] | |
| 11' | ana {uru}se-⸢lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ana⸣ muh-hi {id₂}IDIGNA [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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