-143C (X301433)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -143C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301433 |
| Museum no. | BM 47751 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [...] and? south? winds blew? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] and east winds blew. Night of the 29th, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] 3 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; the 23rd (and) 24th, 3 pānu 4 sūtu [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] Pisces; Mercury, which had set, was not visible. That month, the river level, on the 1st (and) 2nd, remained constant? [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] the 16th (and) 17th, it rose 2/3 cubit, total: 18 was the na (gauge); from the 18th until the end of the month, [it receded] 1 cu[bit? ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] the environs of Antioch which is on the Sea to [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] 7'7'–8'8' | [...] few [...] the Arabi road to the province of ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [Month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] Night of the 1st, last part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above θ Ophiuchi. The 1st, thin clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 2nd, the moon was [...] behind [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... Night] of the 4th, clouds were in the sky, the south and east winds blew. The 4th, in the morning, clouds were in the sky, all day very overcast, the south wind bl[ew ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] ..., the south and east winds blew. The 5th, all day very overcast, the south and east winds blew; in the afternoon, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] the south and east winds blew. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon stood 2 cubits in front of Mars to the west, the moon? [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [...] Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 20 fingers behind η Piscium, the moon being 4? cubits [low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [...] The 8th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 9th, the north wind blew. Night of the 10th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | [...] beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind η Tauri; all night clouds [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | [...] very overcast, the south and east winds blew; in the afternoon, ... [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | [...] shower, the south and east winds blew. Night of the 14th?, [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] 17'17'–17'17' | [...] the north wind blew. Night of the 16th, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in [front of ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] 18'18'–18'18' | [...] cubits? ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢u ULU₃ GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] u KUR GIN{meš} GE₆ 29 [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) 3 qa 23 24 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢zib⸣{me} GU₄.UD ša₂ ŠU₂-u₂ NU IGI ITU BI ILLU 1 2 ⸢GUB⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] 16 17 2/3 KUŠ₃ GIN PAP 18 na TA 18 EN TIL ITU 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢li⸣-mit {uru}an-tu-ki-ʾa-a ša₂ ana muh-hi {id₂}ma-rat ana [...] | |
| 7' | [...]{meš} i-ṣu-tu₂ KASKAL{ii} a-ra-bi ana ma-di-na-at ša₂ x x x[...] | |
| 8' | [GAN 1 ...] GE₆ 1 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ 1 DIR SAL AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 2 sin ⸢ar₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... GE₆] 4 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} 4 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ZA kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} 5 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} ina KIN.SIG DIR [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢ULU₃⸣ u KUR GIN{meš} GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI AN 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin [...] | |
| 12' | [...]{meš} GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 20 SI sin 4 KUŠ₃ [ana ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 13' | [...] 8 DIR AN ZA SI GIN 9 SI ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 10 ⸢DIR AN⸣ ZA SAG GE₆ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 ⸢KUŠ₃ kal⸣ GE₆ DIR [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} ina KIN.SIG ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] UTAH ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} GE₆ 14+[x ...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢SI GIN⸣ GE₆ 16 SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ina [IGI ...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃ 10+x⸣ [...] |
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