-152 (X301520)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -152 |
|---|---|
| ID | X301520 |
| Museum no. | BM 34947 |
| 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 after[noon? ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | in the afternoon, very overcast [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the north wind blew. Night of the 16th, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Night of the 18th, beginning of the night, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Night of the 20th?, all night very overcast, rain sho[wer ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | 8 fingers below η Tauri; clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | clouds were in the sky. The 24th, clouds were in the sky, the nor[th wind ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | all day very overcast, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, the north wind [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | a little rain shower, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, the nor[th wind ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Jupiter was in Sagittarius; Venus, until the middle of the month, was in Aries; ar[ound? ...; the river level] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | rose [nn] fingers, 24 was the na (gauge); from the 9th to the 14th, it remained constant [...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [the gen]eral of Babylonia who <is above> the four generals [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'– | [Month XII2 ...] sunset to moonset: 19°; it was bright, earthshine [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [Year 1]59 [...] |
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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ina KIN.[SIG ...] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ [...] | |
| 5' | SI GIN GE₆ 16 [...] | |
| 6' | GE₆ 18 SAG GE₆ DIR [...] | |
| 7' | GE₆ 20 kal⸣ GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | SIG ⸢MUL₂.MUL₂⸣ 8 U DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 9' | DIR AN ZA 24 DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN ina KIN.SIG SI [...] | |
| 11' | AN UTAH i-ṣa SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR ina PA dele-bat EN MURUB₄ ITU ina HUN ⸢in⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [N] ⸢SI⸣ GIN 24 na TA 9 EN 14 ⸢GUB⸣-[uz ...] | |
| 14' | {[lu₂}GAL] ERIN₂{meš} KUR URI{ki} ša₂ 4 {lu₂}GAL ⸢ERIN₂⸣{meš} [...] | |
| 15' | [DIR.ŠE ...] 19 na-su KUR₄ a-⸢pir⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [MU 1 ME 59.KAM₂ [...] | |
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