-141B (X301412)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -141B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301412 |
| Museum no. | BM 34821 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| 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 moon stood ...] behind Mercury [to the east ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] low to the south. The 4th, equinox; I did not watch [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... x]+1 cubits. Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Leonis, the moon being 4 fingers [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 1/2 cubit [above] β Virginis, the moon having passed a little to the east, [it stood] 2+[x cubits] behind Saturn [to the east ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... Mercu]ry was 2/3 cubit below η Tauri. The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 2°. Around the 12th, Jupiter’s acronychal rising [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] sunset to moonrise: [nn°], measured (despite) clouds. Night of the 15th, last part of the night, the moon was 4 cubits above α Scorpii [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... Saturn] became stationary [...] behind σ Leonis. Ni[ght ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] Jupiter was in Libra; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Aqua[rius ...] |
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' | [... sin] ar₂ GU₄.UD [N N ana NIM GUB ...] | |
| 2' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG 4 LAL₂-ti₃ ⸢NU PAP⸣ [...] x x x [...] | |
| 3' | [... x]+1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ⸢ina IGI LUGAL⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 4 ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin e] ⸢GIR₃⸣-ar₂-ša₂-A 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB ar₂ GENNA 2+[x KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB ...] | |
| 5' | [... GU₄].⸢UD⸣ SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 2/3 KUŠ₃ 12 2 ŠU₂ in 12 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ⸢ME E⸣-[a ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ DIR muš GE₆ 15 ina ZALAG₂ sin e SI₄ 4 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... GENNA] ⸢ar₂ MUL₂⸣-SIG-ša₂-LAL₂-ti₃-GIŠ.KUN-A UŠ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢MUL₂.BABBAR ina RIN₂⸣ dele-bat ina SAG ITU ina ⸢GU⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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