-141C (X301413)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -141C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301413 |
| Museum no. | BM 34636 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... in] the morning, clouds crossed the sky, all day thin clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... the sou]th and east winds blew. Night of the 17th, clouds were in the sky. The 17th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... last part of the ni]ght, Venus was 6 cubits below α Arietis. The 19th, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, over[cast ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] a little [rain sho]wer, strong gusty wind. Night of the 22nd, clouds crossed the sky, strong gusty wind, thun[der ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... clou]ds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 24th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, overcast. Night of the 25th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] crossed [...] The 26th, clouds crossed the sky, strong gusty north and west storm; at noon, rain sho[wer ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... around the 28th, Mer]cury’s first appearance in the east, ... omitted. The 28th, clouds were in the sky; at noon, north and west storm [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] That month, the equivalent was: barley, in the beginning of the month, 4 pānu 1 sūtu, until the middle of the month, 1 kurru, until [the end of the month, ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] until the end of the month, in Aries; Saturn was in Leo; Mars was in Aquarius, until the end of the month, in Pisces. The 6th, Venus reached Aries [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] On the 17th, on the order of one citizen of Nippur? who performed instead of ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] of the lamentation singers and the ...s ... a cleaning rite like the one at the time of [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [Month III ... the moon was x]+1 cubits [...], the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east; all night clouds were in the sky, the north wind which was set to the west side blew; last part of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] Night of the 4th, thin clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit in front of ρ Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] thin clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; at noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo which was not closed; locusts [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... the sun] was surrounded by a halo which was not closed; the north wind which was set to the west side blew; in the afternoon, overcast. Night of the 7th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] the north wind blew; in the afternoon, overcast. Night of the 9th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above α Lib[rae ...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] in the morning, clouds crossed the sky; all day clouds were in the sky, the north wind which was set to the west side blew. Night of the 10+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [... un]til the 12th, when Jupiter became stationary to the west, [it became stationary] 3 cubits in front of α Librae, Jupiter being 1 [cubit high to the north ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [... Night of the 15th, ...] were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit 4 fingers below β Capricorni. The 15th, clouds were in the sky, the east wind bl[ew ...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [...] gusty wind. Night of the 18th (and) the 18th, gusty north and west storms blew. Ni[ght? ...] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | [... Night of the 24th,] last part of the night, the moon was 4 cubits below η Tauri; last part of the night, Venus was 2+[x ...] below β Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | [... last part of the night, Mars was] 3 cubits [below] η Piscium. Night of the 27th, last part of the night, Venus [was ... above ζ Tauri ...] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | [...] kur 2 sūt, until the end of the month, 1 kurru 4 sūtu 3 qa ... [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | [... Mercury’s] last appearance [in the east,] omitted; the 20th, Mars reached Aries; the 24+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | [...] Seleucia [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... ina] še-ri₃ DIR ⸢AN⸣ DIB kal ME DIR ⸢SAL AN⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ u KUR GIN{meš} GE₆ 17 DIR AN ZA 17 DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 6 KUŠ₃ 19 DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ⸢ŠU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... AN] ⸢UTAH⸣ i-ṣa IM ŠAR₂ KALAG GE₆ 22 DIR AN DIB IM ŠAR₂ KALAG GU₃ [U ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN 24 DIR AN ZA SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ GE₆ 25 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢DIB⸣ 26 DIR AN DIB me-hu-u₂ SI u MAR ŠAR₂ KALAG AN.BAR₇ AN ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... in 28 ⸢GU₄⸣.UD ina NIM UD.DA IGI DIB 28 DIR AN ZA AN.BAR₇ me-hu-u₂ SI u MAR [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ITU⸣ BI KI.LAM še-im ina SAG ITU 4(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) EN MURUB₄ ITU 1 GUR ⸢EN⸣ [TIL ITU ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ TIL ITU ina HUN GENNA ina A AN ina GU EN TIL ITU ina zib{me} 6 dele-bat HUN KUR-ad₂ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] U₄ 17.KAM₂ ina qi₂-bi ša₂ 1-en {lu₂}DUMU NIBRU{ki} ša₂ u₂-še-piš ku-um ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] GALA{meš} u {lu₂}NAR{meš} ⸢x-at⸣ te-bi-ib-tu₄ GIM ša₂ ana tar-ṣa [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x⸣{meš} | |
| 14' | [SIG x ... x]+1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB kal GE₆ DIR AN ZA SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN ina ZALAG₂ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] GE₆ 4 DIR SAL AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] DIR SAL AN ZA SI GIN AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NU KAD₂ NIGIN₂ BURU₅{hi.a} [...] | |
| 17' | [... šamaš₂] ⸢TUR₃⸣ NU KAD₂ NIGIN₂ SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ GE₆ 7 DIR ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | [...] SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ GE₆ 9 DIR AN ZA SAG GE₆ sin e RIN₂-⸢ša₂⸣-[ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 19' | [...] ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB kal ME DIR AN ZA SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN GE₆ 10+[x ...] | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ 12 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a 3 KUŠ₃ ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ MUL₂.BABBAR 1 [KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM UŠ ...] | |
| 21' | [... GE₆ 15 ...] AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI 15 DIR AN ZA KUR ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | [...] IM ŠAR₂ GE₆ 18 18 me-hu-u₂ SI u MAR ŠAR₂{meš} GIN{meš} ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 23' | [... GE₆ 24 ina] ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 4 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 2+[x N ...] | |
| 24' | [... ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG] MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 27 ina ZALAG₂ dele-⸢bat⸣ [e ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | |
| 25' | [...] GUR 2(BAN₂) EN TIL ITU 1 GUR 4(BAN₂) 3 qa ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 26' | [... GU₄.UD ina NIM] ⸢ŠU₂⸣-šu₂ DIB 20 AN HUN KUR-ad₂ 24+[x ...] | |
| 27' | [...] {⸢uru}se⸣-lu-⸢ke⸣-[ʾa-a ...] | |
| 28' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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