-158A (X301581)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -158A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301581 |
| Museum no. | BM 77475 |
| 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' | At the command of Bēl and Bēltiya may it go well. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Year 153, king Demetrius. Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Around the 2nd, Venus’ first appearance in the west in Aries; clouds, I did not watch [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Night of the 5th, very overcast; beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below β [Geminorum ... Night of the 6th,] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below δ C[ancri ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the south wind blew. The 7th, all day ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Mars having passed 2 fingers to the east. The 8th, [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | above γ Virginis ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | in the morning watch, [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] ... around the 5th, Mercury [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'– | Month VIII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 12° 20'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | Diary [...] |
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 a-mat {d}EN u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | |
| 2' | MU 1 ME 53.KAM₂ {m}de-meṭ-ri LUGAL BAR 1 [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | in 2 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina HUN IGI DIR NU PAP [...] | |
| 4' | GE₆ 5 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG GE₆ sin SIG ⸢MAŠ⸣.[MAŠ-ar₂ N N ... GE₆ 6 | |
| 5' | SAG GE₆ sin SIG ⸢MUL₂-ar₂⸣-[ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ ...] | |
| 6' | ULU₃ GIN 7 kal ME ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | AN 2 U ana NIM DIB 8 [...] | |
| 8' | e DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | EN.⸢NUN.U₄.ZAL.LA⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ in 5 GU₄.UD ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | APIN 30 12.20 na-su DIR NU PAP | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
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