-156B (X301562)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -156B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301562 |
| Museum no. | BM 45731 + 45862 |
| 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' | [...] stretched. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] The 7th, the north wind blew. Night of the 8th (and) the 8th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 6 cubits [below α Ariet]is. The 11th, clouds were in the sky; in the afternoon, [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] ... The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 7° 50'; clouds, I did not watch; very overcast; in the morning, [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] 42° of night maximal phase; when it began to clear, ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] a little rain shower; in its eclipse, Jupiter, Mars, and Siri[us stood there ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... Night of the 15th,] sunset to moonrise: [nn°], measured; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind ζ Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Night of the 17th, last part of the night,] the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind β Geminorum, the moon being 1 [cubit ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits behind ε Leonis, the moon being 2 cubits low to the south [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was ...], it stood 2 cubits 20 fingers in front of Jupiter to the west, the moon being 2 cu[bits high to the north ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [... clou]ds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 22nd, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ Vir[ginis ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] being 1/2 cubit high to the north. The 23rd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 24th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] having passed to the east. The 25th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 26th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] were in the sky, the south wind blew. Night of the 28th, all night very overcast, lightning flashed continuously, rain shower, the sou[th wind ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [... That month, the equivalent was:] barley, 3 pānu 1? sūtu, in the middle of the month, 3 pānu 3 sūtu, until the end of the month, 3 pānu 4 sūtu; old dates, ... [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [... At that time, Jupiter was in Leo; Venus was] in Libra; the 29th, Venus reached Scorpius; Saturn was in Aquarius; Mars was in Taurus; Mercury, which [had set, was not visible ...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] ... they made. That month, the 10th day, the general who is above [the four generals ...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] the 14th day, the comet which previously in month VII on the 16th day in [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [... from Seleucia which is] on the Tigris, entered Babylon. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [Month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ... the moon was] 4 1/2 cubits [below] β Capricorni, the moon having passed a little to the east. Around the 1st, when Jupiter became stationary to the east, [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [...] low [to] the south. The 2nd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 3rd, the moon stood 1 1/2 cubits in front of Saturn to the west, the moon being 2 1/2 cu[bits low to the south ...] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | [... last part of the night, Ve]nus was 10 fingers above β Scorpii. The 5th, clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew. Night of the 6th (and) the 6th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | [... x]+1/2 cubit, the moon being 4 1/2 cubits low to the south. The 7th, in the morning, very overcast, the south wind blew; all day clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | [... a]ll? night very overcast, the south wind blew. The 9th, all day very overcast, a little rain shower, the south wind blew. Night of the 10th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | [...] a little rain shower; the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind α Tauri, the moon being 2/3 cubit high to the north ... [...] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | [... Night of the 1]3th, beginning of the night, the moon was 4 cubits above γ Geminorum, the moon being a little [...] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | [...] were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 5°, measured; last part of the night, the m[oon ...] |
| Obverse [28:30] o 29'29'– | [... Night of the 16th,] last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits below ε Leonis. The 16th, [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... Night of the 17th,] last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of β [Scorpii ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... cu]bits. The 19th, all day clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; at noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... sho]wer, the north wind blew. Night of the 22nd, all night very overcast, the north wind blew. The 22nd, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Night of the 24th, all night very overcast, lightning flashed continuously, a little rain shower, the no[rth wind blew ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] last part of the night, very overcast. The 25th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 26th, the north wind blew [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... Night of the 2]8th, clouds were in the sky, the south and east winds blew. The 28th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] Night of the 30th, all night clouds crossed the sky, a little rain shower [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [... a]ll day very overcast, a little rain shower, the south and east winds bl[ew ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... 3? pānu] 4 sūtu, from the 18th to the end of the month, 3 pānu 2 sūtu; dates, [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... in] the beginning of the month, 1 pānu, in the middle of the month, 5 sūtu 2 qa [ ...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [... Saturn’s] first appearance [in Aqua]rius; Mars was in Gemini; Mercury, which had set, was not vi[sible ...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | [Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] (the moon) was low to the sun. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | [Diary from] month VIII to the end of month XII, year 1[55 ...] |
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' | [...] ⸢GIB⸣{meš} GE₆ 5 ⸢SAG GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 7 SI GIN GE₆ 8 8 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 4' | [... GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG]-⸢HUN⸣ 6 KUŠ₃ 11 DIR AN ZA ina KIN.SIG [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 13 7.50 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina še-ri₃ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] 42 GE₆ IR₂ ana ZALAG₂-ru ki-i TAB-u₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ UTAH i-ṣa ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR AN u KAK.⸢SI⸣.[SA₂ GUB{meš} ...] | |
| 8' | [... GE₆ 15 N] ⸢GE₆⸣ muš SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ [N N ...] | |
| 9' | [... GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂] sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 [KUŠ₃ ...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin] ⸢ar₂⸣ SAG-A 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG [...] | |
| 11' | [... GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ...] ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR 2 KUŠ₃ 20 SI ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana SI NIM ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 22 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-⸢IGI⸣-[ABSIN N N ...] | |
| 13' | [...] 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 23 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 24 DIR AN [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ana NIM DIB 25 DIR AN ZA SI GIN ⸢GE₆⸣ 26 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 15' | [...] AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 28 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GIR₂ GIR₂.GIR₂ AN UTAH ⸢ULU₃⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [... ITU BI KI.LAM] ⸢še 3(BARIG) 1(BAN₂) ina MURUB₄ ITU⸣ 3(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) EN TIL ITU 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) ZU₂.LUM SUMUN{meš} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [... i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina A dele-bat (...)] ⸢ina RIN₂ 29 dele-bat GIR₂.TAB KUR GENNA ina GU AN ina MUL₂.MUL₂ GU₄.UD ša₂ [ŠU₂-u₂ NU IGI ...] | |
| 18' | [...] SAR DU₃-uʾ ITU BI U₄ 10.KAM₂ {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} ša₂ ana muh-hi 4 {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂{meš} ...] | |
| 19' | [...] U₄ 14 {mul₂}ṣal-lam-mu-u₂ ša₂ ina IGI-ma ina {itu}DU₆ U₄ 16.KAM₂ ina [...] | |
| 20' | [... TA {uru}se-lu-ke-ʾa-a ša₂ ana] muh-hi {id₂}IDIGNA ana E{ki} KU₄-ub | |
| 21' | [GAN 1 ... sin SIG] ⸢SI⸣-MAŠ₂ 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB in EN 1 MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ki-i UŠ-u₂ [...] | |
| 22' | [... ana] ULU₃ SIG 2 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 3 sin ina IGI GENNA 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana ULU₃ SIG ...] | |
| 23' | [... ina ZALAG₂ dele]-bat e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 10 SI 5 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 6 6 DIR AN [...] | |
| 24' | [... x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 7 ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ GIN kal ME DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 25' | [...] ⸢kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ ULU₃ GIN 9 kal ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa ULU₃ GIN GE₆ 10 DIR AN [...] | |
| 26' | [... AN] ⸢UTAH⸣ i-ṣa sin ar₂ is-le₁₀ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 27' | [... GE₆] 13 SAG GE₆ sin e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 4 KUŠ₃ sin i-ṣa ana [...] | |
| 28' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ ZA SI GIN GE₆ 15 5 GE₆ muš ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ [...] | |
| 29' | [... GE₆ 16 ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin SIG SAG-A 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 16 [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂-e-ša₂-[SAG-GIR₂.TAB N N ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 19 kal ME DIR AN ZA SI GIN AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢UTAH⸣ SI GIN GE₆ 22 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI GIN 22 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 5' | [...] GE₆ 24 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GIR₂ GIR₂.GIR₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa ⸢SI⸣ [GIN ...] | |
| 6' | [... ina] ZALAG₂ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 25 DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 26 SI GIN [...] | |
| 7' | [... GE₆] 28 DIR AN ZA ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} 28 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 8' | [...] GE₆ 30 kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB AN UTAH i-ṣa [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢kal⸣ ME ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH i-ṣa ULU₃ u KUR ⸢GIN⸣{meš} [...] | |
| 10' | [... 3(BARIG) 4(BAN₂) TA 18 EN TIL ITU 3(BARIG) 2(BAN₂) ZU₂.⸢LUM⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... ina] SAG ITU 1 PI ina MURUB₄ ITU 5(BAN₂) 2 ⸢qa⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... GENNA ina] ⸢GU⸣ IGI AN ina MAŠ.MAŠ GU₄.UD ša₂ ŠU₂-u₂ NU ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [BAR 1 ... ana] ⸢šamaš₂⸣ SIG | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [... TA] ⸢APIN⸣ EN TIL ŠE MU 1 ME 55.KAM₂ ...] | |
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