-160B (X301602)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -160B |
|---|---|
| ID | X301602 |
| Museum no. | Rm 736 |
| 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' | [... cold] became severe? [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] much heavy [...], thick rain [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Venus was] 8 fingers [...] Jupiter, Venus being a little back to the west [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] measured; very overcast; beginning of the night, the moon was in front of ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind ε Leonis; last part of the night, the moon was [...] below [α Leonis ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... ni]ght?, clouds crossed the sky, a strong south wind blew, th[ick] rain [...] ... |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... rain] DUL. The 17th, very overcast; in the afternoon, rain shower [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] all night clouds crossed the sky; last part of the night, rain DUL [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] rain DUL; last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits above α Scorpii? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] the disk of the sun looked like that of the moon |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] crossed the sky. Night of the 26th, clouds crossed the sky |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] very overcast; last part of the night, Mercury |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | [... was not] visible. That month, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... θ Ophigh]uchigh [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] in front of Saturn [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the 24th, clouds [...] the sky [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... The 2]5th, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 27th, overcast? |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] The 29th, overcast, rain shower |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... x]+2 pānu; mustard, 1 kurru 2 pānu 3 sūtu |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] ...; Venus was in Pisces, at the end of the month, in Aries; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... to]tal: 28 was the na (gauge); in the middle of the month, it rose 3 1/2 cubits, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Month XI, ... Saturn] was 2 1/2 cubits below β Capricorni; very overcast. The 1st, very overcast |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind η Tauri. The 4th, clouds were in the sky |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... Night of] the 6th?, clouds crossed the sky, thick rain PISAN DIB. The 6th, very overcast? |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] having passed 1/2 cubit to the east; last part of the night, overcast ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢šir⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢MAH⸣ KALAG AN ⸢kab⸣-[bar ...] | |
| 3' | [... dele-bat x] ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR 8 U i-ṣa dele-bat ana ŠU₂ LAL [...] | |
| 4' | [...] muš ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ SAG-A 1 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG [LUGAL N N ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ DIR AN DIB ULU₃ KALAG GIN AN ⸢kab⸣-[bar x x] ⸢DIB⸣ | |
| 7' | [... AN] DUL-hat 17 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ ina KIN.SIG AN UTAH [...] | |
| 8' | [...] kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB ina ZALAG₂ AN DUL-⸢hat⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] AN DUL-hat ina ZALAG₂ sin e SI₄ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ HAB-rat šamaš₂ GIM ša₂ sin IGI | |
| 11' | [...] AN DIB GE₆ 26 DIR AN DIB | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD | |
| 13' | [... NU] IGI ITU BI | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... MUL₂-KUR-ša₂]-⸢KIR₄⸣-šil-⸢PA⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ina IGI GENNA [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 24 DIR AN [...] | |
| 4' | [...] 25 DIR AN ZA GE₆ 27 ŠU₂ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 29 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN UTAH | |
| 6' | [... x]+2 PI kas₃ 1 GUR 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ dele-bat ina zib{me} ina TIL ITU ina HUN | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢PAP⸣ 28 na ina MURUB₄ ITU 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ GIN | |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [ZIZ₂ ... GENNA] SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ 1 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 DIR AN ZA | |
| 12' | [... GE₆] 6 DIR AN DIB AN kab-bar PISAN DIB 6 ⸢ŠU₂.ŠU₂⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB ina ZALAG₂ ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
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