-160A (X301601)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -160A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301601 |
| Museum no. | BM 46003 |
| 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' | [... performed an offering] to the great gods and for the life of king Demetrius. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Month VIII, ... Night of the 2nd, (the moon)] stood [x]+1 1/2 cubits in front of Saturn to the west, the moon being 1 cubit high to the north; the north wind blew. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] first part of the night, lightning flashed, it thundered slowly twice. The 4th, in the morning, very overcast |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] 1 cubit in front of Saturn; the north wind blew. Until the 5th, when Jupiter became stationary to the west, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] blew. Night of the 9th?, beginning of the night, the moon stood 1 cubit in front of Jupiter to the [west] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] rain shower; in the morning, overcast, the north? wind blew? [...] ... |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Night of the 12th, beginning of the night,] the moon was 4 cubits below η Tauri [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] low to the south; clouds were in the sky, the south wind bl[ew?.] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] when Gemini culminated, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [lunar eclipse ...] the north? wind blew; in its eclipse, clouds were in the sky |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] α Leonis it was eclipsed; at 48º after sunset. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] gusty south wind. Night of the 15th (and) the 15th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] cubits, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. The 18th, the north wind blew. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... last part of the] night, the moon was 4 cubits above α Scorpii, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] the south and east winds blew. The 22nd, very overcast, the south and east winds |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] first part of the night, Venus was 1/2 cubit above Jupiter |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... the moon] stood [nn] cubits [behind Saturn] to the east; last part of the night, Saturn |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] ... Night of the 27th (and) the 27th, the north wind blew. |
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 x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ DINGIR{meš} GAL{meš} u ana bul-ṭu ša₂ {m}de-meṭ-ri LUGAL | |
| 3' | [DU₃ ...] | |
| 4' | [APIN ... GE₆ 2 sin ... x]+1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM SI GIN | |
| 5' | [...] USAN GIR₂ GIR₂ U 2-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ ne₂-hi ŠUB 4 ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 6' | [...] ina IGI GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ SI GIN EN 5 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢GIN⸣ GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ ana [ŠU₂] GUB | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢AN⸣ UTAH ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂ SI GIN [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | [... GE₆ 12 SAG GE₆] sin SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 4 KUŠ₃ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG DIR AN ZA ULU₃ ⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {mul₂}MAŠ.MAŠ ziq-pi | |
| 4' | [...] SI GIN ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ DIR AN ZA | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ |KA×MI| in 48 GE₆ GIN | |
| 6' | [...] ULU₃ ŠAR₂ GE₆ 15 15 DIR AN ZA SI GIN | |
| 7' | [...] KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB 18 SI GIN | |
| 8' | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin e SI₄ 4 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB | |
| 9' | [...] ULU₃ u KUR GIN{meš} 22 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ULU₃ u KUR | |
| 10' | [...] USAN dele-bat e MUL₂.BABBAR 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 11' | [... sin ar₂ GENNA N] KUŠ₃ ana NIM GUB ina ZALAG₂ GENNA | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 27 27 SI GIN | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
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