-151 (X301510)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -151 |
|---|---|
| ID | X301510 |
| Museum no. | BM 41892 |
| 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' | [...] at that time, Jupiter was in Sagittarius; Venus [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [Month VI, ... the moon was nn] cubits [below β Librae], the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east, 1 cubit below Mars [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] the moon being 1/2 cubit low to the south. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... the moon] stood 1 1/2 cubits [in front of] Jupiter to the west, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [... γ /δ] Capricorni. Night of the 13th, last part of the night, Venus |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below β Arietis |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] being back to the west. Night of the 18th, first part of the night, Mars |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... the 19th, equi]nox; I did not watch. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon |
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' | [... i]-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina PA dele-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [KIN ... sin SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI N] KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB SIG AN 1 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin [...] | |
| 5' | [... sin ina IGI] MUL₂.BABBAR 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 6' | [... sin x MUL₂-x-ša₂-SUHUR]-MAŠ₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 13 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN | |
| 8' | [N N ...] ana ŠU₂ LAL GE₆ 18 USAN AN | |
| 9' | [... 19 LAL₂]-ti₃ NU PAP GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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