Babylon

Names

  • -95E

Numbers

  • X300955
  • BM 45847
  • SH 81-7-6,273

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  • Babylon
  • Astronomical Diary

-95E

Obverse
o 1'o 1'

[...] x [...]

(o 1') [...] ... [...]

o 2'2'

[...] x u₂ u lu₂[...]

(o 2') [...] ... [...]

o 3'3'

[...]-ti₃ ana DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.[MEŠ ...]

(o 3') [...] ... for the great gods [...]

ruling
o 4'4'

[ITU.NE ...] DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 3 KUŠ₃ [...]

(o 4') [Month V ...] 3 cubits [...] γ Virginis [...]

o 5'5'

[... GE₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂] SI₄ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2/3 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG DIR AN ZA SI? [...]

(o 5') [... Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 ½ cubits [behind] α Scorpii, the moon being 2/3 cubits low to the south; clouds were in the sky, the no[rth wind ...]

o 6'6'

[... GE₆] 12 SAG GE₆ SUḪUR-ar₂ la-pan₃ a-kam₂ KI sin NU IGI 10+[x ...]

(o 6') [... Night] of the 12th, beginning of the night, δ Capricorni was not seen together with the moon because of mist. The 10+[xth ...]

o 7'7'

[...] ZALAG₂-ru ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 20 GE₆ TA ULU₃ ana SI u MAR [...]

(o 7') [...] when it began to clear, in 20° of night [it cleared] from south to the north and we[st ...]

o 8'8'

[... IB₂.TAG₄ dUDU.IDIM].MEŠ NU GUB- ina GU ad₂ in 57 GE₆ GIN 13 [...]

(o 8') [... the remainder of the planet]s did not stand there; in Aquarius it became eclipsed; at 57° after sunset. The 13th, [...]

o 9'9'

[...] u MAR ŠAR₂.MEŠ GIN- GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-[nu-nu n n ...]

(o 9') [...] gusty [...] and west winds blew. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] below η Pis[cium ...]

o 10'10'

[...] 20 ŠU₂ ša₂ GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN TA 18 ki PAP NU IGI 20+[x ...]

(o 10') [...] The 20th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Virgo: from the 18th, when I watched I did not see it. The 20+[xth ...]

o 11'11'

[... i]-ṣa ana NIM DIB GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin [...]

(o 11') [...] having passed a little to the east. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was [...]

o 12'12'

[... GE₆ 26] ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG SAG-A 3 KUŠ₃ [...]

(o 12') [... Night of the 26th], last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits below ε Leonis [...]

o 13'13'

[... KI].LAM še-im EN 15 1(BARIG) 2(BAN₂)? [...]

(o 13') [... the equi]valent was: barley, until the 15th, 1 p¤n 2? s¹t [...]

o 14'14'

[...] x x [...]

(o 14') [...] ... [...]