-154B (X301542)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -154B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301542 |
| Museum no. | BM 40069 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 157, month XI. The 24th, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | all night very overcast. The 25th, in the morning, clouds [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Night of the 26th, very overcast. The 26th, all day [very?] overcast [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Night of the 27th, all night very overcast. The 27th, [moonrise to sunrise:] 10° [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the north wind blew; in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 28th!, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 28th, all day very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 29th, ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The 29th, in the morning, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, overcast; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | strong gusty south and east storm. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | That [month,] the equivalent was: barley, in the beginning of the month, 2 pānu 2+[x qa?,] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | until the middle of the month, 2 pānu 4 sūtu, at the end of the month, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] 3 qa; dates, in the beginning of the month, 2 pānu ... |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [...] of the month, 2 pānu ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] clouds crossed the sky, rain sho[wer ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] ..., the north wind which was set to the west side blew [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] blew?; the moon was [...] behind α [Arietis] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] all night very overcast; first part of the night, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The 2nd, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, overcast, storm [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | ... strong gusty west wind. Night of the 3rd, very overcast, ... [...; the moon was] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 1 1/2 cubits above! η Tauri, the moon being 1/2 cubit [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | The 3rd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind which was set to the west side [blew ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | in the afternoon, very overcast, a little rain shower ... [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | it thundered slowly. Night of the 4th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | 3 cubits [above? α Tauri;] first part of the night, Mars, whighle moving back to the west, [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313– | in the afternoon, rain shower, the west wind bl[ew. Night of the 5th,] |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | beginning of the night, clouds crossed the sky. The 5th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | overcast, a little rain shower. Night of the 6th, very overcast; the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of |
| Top [2:3] t.e. 33–t.e. 33 | γ Geminorum. The 6th, clouds crossed the sky, the north wind bl[ew ...] |
| Top [3:4] t.e. 44–t.e. 44 | rain shower?, rain (but) the sandal was not removed. Night [...] |
| Top [4:6] t.e. 55– | all night slow rain, much? cloudburst?, PISAN DIB. |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | The 7th, all day very overcast, the north wind which [...] |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | Month XI, the 21st, Mercury’s first appearance in the west |
| Left [2:3] l.e. 33–l.e. 33 | in the end <of Aquarius>; it was bright (and) high, [sunset to setting of Mercury:] 10+[x]°, |
| Left [3:4] l.e. 44–l.e. 44 | (ideal) first appearance on the 18th ... [...] |
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 | MU 1 ME 57 {itu}ZIZ₂ 24 DIR [...] | |
| 2 | kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 25 ina še-ri₃ DIR [...] | |
| 3 | GE₆ 26 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 26 kal ME ŠU₂.[ŠU₂ ...] | |
| 4 | GE₆ 27 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 27 10 ⸢UŠ⸣ [KUR ...] | |
| 5 | SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 2 9 [...] | |
| 6 | 28 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN GE₆ 29 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | 29 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ | |
| 8 | [me]-hu-u₂ ULU₃ u KUR ŠAR₂ KALAG | |
| 9 | [ITU] BI KI.LAM še-im ina SAG ITU 2 PI 2+[x qa] | |
| 10 | ⸢EN⸣ MURUB₄ ITU 2(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ina TIL ITU | |
| 11 | [x x] 3 qa ZU₂ ina SAG ITU 2(BARIG) ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢ITU 2(BARIG) x x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] DIR AN DIB AN ⸢UTAH⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ SI ša₂ kap MAR GAR GIN [...] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢GIN⸣ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-[SAG-HUN N N] | |
| 5 | [x x x] kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ USAN.U₄.[ZAL ...] | |
| 6 | 2 DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ me-hu-[u₂ ...] | |
| 7 | ⸢x x MAR ŠAR₂ KALAG⸣ GE₆ 3 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x sin] | |
| 8 | e MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana x x] | |
| 9 | 3 DIR AN ZA ⸢SI ša₂ kap⸣ MAR GAR [GIN x x] | |
| 10 | ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa ⸢x⸣ [x x U] | |
| 11 | GU₃-šu₂ ne₂-hi ŠUB GE₆ 4 DIR AN ZA ⸢sin⸣ [e is-le₁₀] | |
| 12 | 3 KUŠ₃ USAN.U₄.ZAL AN ana ŠU₂ [ina] ⸢LAL⸣-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| 13 | ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH MAR ⸢GIN⸣ [GE₆ 5 | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | SAG GE₆ DIR AN DIB 5 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 2 | ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa GE₆ 6 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 3 | [MAŠ.MAŠ]-ša₂-SIPA 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 6 DIR AN DIB SI ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | AN UTAH ⸢AN⸣ {kuš}še-ni NU TUH ⸢GE₆⸣ [x] | |
| 5 | ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ AN ne₂-hi PISAN ⸢rad MAH DIB⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | 7 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ša₂ [...] | |
| 2 | ZIZ₂ 21 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ | |
| 3 | ina TIL <GU> IGI KUR NIM-a 10+[x na-su] | |
| 4 | ⸢in⸣ 18 IGI ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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