-158D (X301584)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -158D |
|---|---|
| ID | X301584 |
| Museum no. | BM 45774 |
| 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 153, month IX, [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | 7 c[ubits] below α Arietis [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Night of the 11th, the moon was 1+[x cubits] in front of η Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | the north wind blew. Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was [... α Tauri ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | 3 cubits. The 13th!, clouds were in the sky, the north wind bl[ew ... Night of the 13th,] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | beginning of the night, the moon was 2 cu[bits] in front of β Tauri [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Night of the 14th, first part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of [η Geminorum,] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [it stood] 2 cu[bits] in front of Jupiter [to the west ... The 14th,] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | moonset to sunrise: 4°, measured (despite) clouds; clouds were in the sky, the no[rth wind blew ... lunar eclipse (after)] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | 5 months ..., omitted; at 55° [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | in the afternoon, <the ... wind> which was slan[ted] to the east [blew? ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] the moon was [...] behind [x] Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | [... clou]ds were in the sky, the south wind [...] reverse. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... Ni]ght of the 17th, clouds were in the sky [... Night of the 18th,] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Le[onis ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the north wind blew. Night of the 19th, clouds were in the sky [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | the moon was surrounded by a halo, it billowed very much [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | at noon, the sun was surrounded by a halo ... [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. The 25th, [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'– | gusty south wind; at noon, much thunder [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [Night of the 2]9th, first part of the night, Mars was [x]+1/2 cubits below η Piscium |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | to see?. |
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 53.KAM₂ {itu}GAN [... GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin] | |
| 2' | SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 7 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | GE₆ 11 sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 1+[x ...] | |
| 4' | SI GIN GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆ sin [x is-le₁₀ N N ...] | |
| 5' | 3 KUŠ₃ 13 DIR AN ZA SI ⸢GIN⸣ [... GE₆ 13 | |
| 6' | SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI ŠUR-SI 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | GE₆ 14 USAN sin ina IGI MUL₂-[IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ] | |
| 8' | 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI MUL₂.BABBAR 2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana ŠU₂ GUB ... 14 | |
| 9' | 4 ŠU₂ DIR muš DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [GIN ...] | |
| 10' | 5 AB₂ BAR DIB in 55 [...] | |
| 11' | ina KIN.SIG <x> ša₂ ana KUR ṣal-[pu ...] | |
| 12' | [x] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-x [...] | |
| 13' | [x x] ⸢DIR AN⸣ ZA ULU₃ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GE₆ 17 DIR AN ZA [... GE₆ 18 | |
| 2' | DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 3' | SI GIN GE₆ 19 DIR AN ZA [...] | |
| 4' | sin TUR₃ NIGIN ma-diš iq-[tur₇ ...] | |
| 5' | AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | DIR AN ZA SI GIN 25 [...] | |
| 7' | ULU₃ ŠAR₂ AN.BAR₇ GU₃ U ⸢MAH⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [GE₆] 29 USAN AN SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu | |
| 2 | [x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ ana IGI | |
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