-155B (X301552)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -155B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301552 |
| Museum no. | BM 45627 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Year 156, month XI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 18°; measured? (despite) clouds? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Night of the 1st, all night very overcast; the south wind which was slanted to the east blew [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | the south wind which was slanted to the east blew. Night of the 2nd, all night very overcast; to ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the south wind blew. Night of the 3rd, all night very overcast. The 3rd, clouds were in the sky. Ni[ght of the 4th, (...)] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | the moon was 4 cubits below η Piscium. The 4th, clouds and thin fog were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | in the afternoon, very overcast, the south wind blew. Night of the 5th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 6 cubits below α Arietis, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east; all night very overcast, the south wind blew. The 5th, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, overcast, the south wind blew. Night of the 6th, the moon was [...] in front of η Tauri; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | all night very overcast, gusty wind. The 6th, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, very overcast. Ni[ght of the 7th,] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Tauri; all night very overcast. The 7th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | rain shower; in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Tauri; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | all night very overcast, the north wind blew. The 8th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 9th, very overcast; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | the moon was 2 cubits behind ζ Tauri; all night the north wind blew. The 9th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Night of the 10th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 1 cubit behind γ Geminorum. The 10th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Night of the 11th, clouds were in the sky; the moon was 2 cubits below β? Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | The 11th, thin clouds were in the sky; at noon, the sun? was surrounded by a halo?, its gate was open to [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | ... Night of the 12th, overcast [...] ... [...] south [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [Night of the 13th,] clouds were in the sky; the moon was [...] in front of ε Leonis [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] in the afternoon, very overcast. Night of the 14th, [moonrise to sunset:] 11+[x° ...] |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121– | [...] The 14th, 5? ... [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 1b.e. 1 | [...] were in the sky [...] ... [...] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 22–b.e. 22 | Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: [...;] clouds, I did not watch [...] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 33–b.e. 33 | rain D[UL? ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] a little?; in the mor[ning ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | dew; all night [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | the north wind which was set to the west side blew. Night [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The river level, on the 1st, 2nd, (and) 3rd, rose 20 fingers, total: 27 1/2 was the na (gauge); |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | from the 5th to the 15th, it receded 8 fingers, total: 29 1/2 was the na (gauge). |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | MU 1 ME 56.KAM₂ {itu}ZIZ₂ 30 18 ⸢na⸣ DIR ⸢muš⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | GE₆ 1 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ ša₂ ana ⸢KUR ṣal-pu GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ULU₃ ša₂ ana KUR ⸢ṣal⸣-pu GIN GE₆ 2 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ana x [x x x] | |
| 4 | ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 3 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 3 DIR AN ZA ⸢GE₆⸣ 4 (x x)] | |
| 5 | sin SIG DUR-nu-nu 4 KUŠ₃ 4 DIR u IM.DUGUD SAL ⸢AN ZA⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 5 DIR AN ZA sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN | |
| 7 | 6 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN 5 [x x] | |
| 8 | DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 6 sin ina IGI MUL₂.⸢MUL₂⸣ [N N] | |
| 9 | kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ IM ŠAR₂ 6 DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ⸢GE₆⸣ 7 | |
| 10 | sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 7 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB | |
| 11 | AN UTAH ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 8 DIR AN ZA sin ina IGI ŠUR-SI | |
| 12 | 2 KUŠ₃ kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN 8 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 9 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 13 | sin ar₂ ŠUR-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ kal GE₆ SI GIN 9 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 14 | GE₆ 10 DIR AN ZA sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 1 KUŠ₃ 10 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 15 | GE₆ 11 DIR AN ZA sin SIG MAŠ.[MAŠ]-⸢ar₂⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | |
| 16 | 11 DIR SAL AN ZA AN.BAR₇ {[d]}UTU ⸢TUR₃⸣ NIGIN KA₂-šu₂ ana ⸢x⸣ BAD | |
| 17 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x GE₆⸣ 12 ŠU₂ [x x] u MUL₂ [x x x] ⸢ZA⸣ ULU₃ [...] | |
| 18 | [x x x] x SIG AN MAR [...] | |
| 19 | [GE₆ 13 ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA sin ina IGI SAG-A [N N ...] | |
| 20 | [x x x] ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 14 11+[x ME ...] | |
| 21 | [...] 14 5 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢AN⸣ ZA ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | GE₆ 15 [x] ⸢GE₆⸣ DIR NU PAP [...] | |
| 3 | AN ⸢DUL⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] ⸢i-ṣa⸣ ina še-[ri₃ ...] | |
| 2 | AN na-al-šu₂ kal GE₆ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢SI⸣ ša₂ ⸢kap MAR GAR GIN GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ILLU 1 2 3 20 SI GIN PAP 27 1/2 na | |
| 5 | TA 5 EN 15 8 SI LAL PAP 29 1/2 na | |
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