-154A (X301541)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -154A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301541 |
| Museum no. | CBS 792 |
| 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] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [... last part of the night, the moon was nn] cubits in front of β Geminorum, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] Night of the 27th, last part of the night, Venus was ... below δ Cancri [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] until the end of the month, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 4 qa (and) one-fourth; dates, until the 15th, [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] Jupiter was in Virgo; Venus was in Gemini; around the 15th, Venus reached Cancer; [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... was set up in the land. That month, on the 30th, the general [...] |
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' | [... ina ZALAG₂ sin] ⸢ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂⸣ [x] ⸢KUŠ₃ sin⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 27 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢EN⸣ TIL ITU 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) 4 qa 4-ʾu-u₂ ZU₂.LUM EN 15 [...] | |
| 4' | [...] MUL₂.BABBAR ina ABSIN dele-bat ina MAŠ.MAŠ in 15 dele-bat ALLA KUR-ad₂ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KI ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ ina KUR GAR-an ITU BI U₄ 30.KAM {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{[meš} ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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