-161C (X301613)
Astronomical Diary, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | -161C |
|---|---|
| ID | X301613 |
| Museum no. | BM 45785 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [...] stood to the east ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] ... blew?. Night of the 3rd, the moon was [...] in front of ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] blew?. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon [stood ...] in front of Jupit[er to the west ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [... in the after]noon, very overcast. Night of the 8th, all night very overcast; the north wind which was set to the west side blew. The 8th, very overcast; the north wind whigh[ch was set to the ... side blew ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... the no]rth wind blew. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of α Tauri ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] ... The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 16º 20'; clouds, I did not watch; all day clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew. Night of the 13th, [moonrise to sunset:] 6º 30'. [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] the north wind blew. Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 6º, measured (despite) mist, the north wind blew; last part of the night, the moon was 1+[x ...] behind β Geminorum [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] Mars was 3 fingers above a Librae, Mars being 2 fingers back to the west. The 15th, the north wind blew. Night of the 16th, last part of [the night, ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. The 17th, the north wind blew. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of β Virginis [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was nn] cubits [in front of γ Virginis], the moon being 2 cubits low to the south. The 19th, the north wind blew. Night of the 20th, clouds were in the sky, the north [wind ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] the north wind blew; in the morning, clouds were in the sky. Night of the 22nd, the north wind blew, the cold became severe; in? [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [... Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was ... behind β Librae, the moon being nn] cubits low to the south, it stood 1 cubit behind Mars to the east [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ana NIM GUB ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GIN GE₆ 3 sin ⸢ina IGI MUL₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] GIN GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ [N N ana ŠU₂ GUB ...] | |
| 4' | [... ina KIN].SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ GE₆ 8 kal GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR GIN 8 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI ⸢ša₂⸣ [PA MAR GAR GIN ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ GIN GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 12 16.20 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP kal ME DIR AN ZA SI GIN GE₆ 13 6.30 [ME ...] | |
| 7' | [...] SI GIN GE₆ 14 6 GE₆ a-kam₂ muš SI GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 1+[x ...] | |
| 8' | [...] AN e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 3 U AN 2 U ana ŠU₂ LAL 15 SI GIN GE₆ 16 ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB 17 SI GIN GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-⸢A⸣ [N N ...] | |
| 10' | [... GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN N] KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 19 SI GIN GE₆ 20 DIR AN ZA ⸢SI⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ GIN ina še-ri₃ DIR AN ZA GE₆ 22 SI GIN ŠED₇ šir ina [...] | |
| 12' | [... GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-SI N N sin N] ⸢KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG⸣ ar₂ AN 1 KUŠ₃ ana NIM ⸢GUB⸣ [...] |
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