-160C (X301603)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -160C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301603 |
| Museum no. | BM 45879 |
| 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 that time, Jupiter was in Aries; Venus [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | around the 4th, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Pisces; until the end of the month, [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Mars, until the middle of the month, was in Aries, at the end of the month, in Taurus. That month, the river [level ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [from] the 1st? to the 9th, it receded 20 fingers, total: 28 was the na (gauge); from the 11th to [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [from the 1]6th to the 25th, I did not watch; from the 26th to the 20+[xth, ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... sacrifi]ces? to the gods were cut off. That month, the people [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... That month, ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'-9'8'-9'– | ($traces$) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... of the houses? [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... to Bēl and] Bēltiya, the Great Gods, and for the life [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] on the 12th (and) 13th day, ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina ⸢HUN dele-bat⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | in 4 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina zib{me} IGI EN TIL ⸢ITU⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | AN EN MURUB₄ ITU ina HUN ina TIL ITU ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ITU BI ⸢ILLU⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [TA] 1 EN 9 20 SI LAL PAP 28 na TA 11 ⸢EN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [TA] 16 EN 25 NU PAP TA 26 EN 20+[x ...] | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢SISKUR⸣ ša₂ DINGIR{meš} TAR{meš} ITU BI {lu₂}UN{meš} [...] | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂ ITU BI ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ša₂ E₂{⸢meš} GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... {d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣-ia₂ DINGIR{meš} GAL{meš} u ana bul-⸢ṭu⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] U₄ 12 13 [x] KAM u₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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