-157B (X301572)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -157B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301572 |
| Museum no. | BM 3979 |
| 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' | Year 154, king Demetrius [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (the moon) was low to the sun. Night of the 1st, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Night of the 3rd, clouds were in the sky; begi[nning of the night, ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The 3rd, clouds were in the sky, the north wind bl[ew ...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | The 4th?, ... [...] |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 2'2'–t.e. 2'2' | ... 1 cu[bit ...] |
| Top [2:3] t.e. 3'3'–t.e. 3'3' | clouds were in the sky [...] |
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 54.KAM₂ {m}de-meṭ-ri LUGAL [...] | |
| 2' | ana šamaš₂ SIG GE₆ 1 DIR AN ZA SI GIN [...] | |
| 3' | GE₆ 3 DIR AN ZA ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆ ...] | |
| 4' | 3 DIR AN ZA SI ⸢GIN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | 4 x x⸣ [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢x x x⸣ ša₂ 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢DIR AN ZA x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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