-148 (X301480)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -148 |
|---|---|
| ID | X301480 |
| Museum no. | BM 34098 |
| 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' | [...] ... Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front [of β Tau]ri [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] ... in Libra; clouds, I did not watch; the south? wind [...] overcast, the south and east winds blew ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] I did not watch; all night thin clouds were in the sky; the moon was surrounded by a halo, it billowed very much ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] ... overcast?. The 16th, clouds crossed the sky, slow rain DUL, the south wind blew. Night of the 17th, all [night ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... Night of the 18th, cl]ouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind ρ Leonis, the moon being 2 cubits [low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] first part of the night, Jupiter, whighle moving back to the east, was 2 2/3 cubits below η Piscium [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [... Night of the 21st, last part of the] night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits below α [Virgi]nis, the moon having passed a little to the east; rain? ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] The 22nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Sagittarius; I did not watch; all day clou[ds ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] ...; in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 22+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [... beginn]ing of the night, clouds were in the sky; all night clouds crossed the sky [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] and? at noon, very overcast. Night of the 20+[xth, ...] |
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' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ GE₆ 12 ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [ŠUR-GIGIR]-ša₂-SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x ina RIN₂ DIR NU PAP ULU₃⸣ [x x] ŠU₂ ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] NU PAP kal GE₆ DIR SAL AN ⸢ZA⸣ sin TUR₃ NIGIN ma-diš iq-tur₇ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ŠU₂ 16 DIR AN DIB AN ne₂-hi DUL-hat ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 17 kal [GE₆ ...] | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 18 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ [ana ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 6' | [...] USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 2 2/3 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆ 21 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin SIG ⸢SA₄⸣-[ša₂]-⸢ABSIN⸣ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB AN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] 22 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina PA IGI NU PAP kal ME ⸢DIR⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 22+[x ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ DIR AN ZA kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB [...] | |
| 11' | [...] u AN.BAR₇ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 20+x [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] |
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