Babylon

Names

  • -99A

Numbers

  • X300991
  • BM 34852
  • Sp II 356

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  • Babylon
  • Astronomical Diary

-99A

Obverse
o 1'o 1'

[... ana] ULU₃ SIG? [...]

(o 1') [...] low to the south [...]

o 2'2'

[...] AN DUL-ḫat U₄.ZAL sin TUR₃? [NIGIN? ...]

(o 2') [...] rain DUL; in the morning watch, the moon was [surrounded? by a ha]lo? [...]

o 3'3'

[...] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 2/3? KUŠ₃ ana SI [NIM ...]

(o 3') [...] 2 1/2 cubits, the moon being 1 2/3? cubits [high] to the north [...]

o 4'4'

[...] 26 22 KUR KUR₄ muš 26 ina [KIN].SIG ŠU₂.ŠU₂ SI [...]

(o 4') [...] The 26th, moonrise to sunrise: 22°; it was bright, measured. The 26th, in the afternoon, very overcast, the north wind [...]

o 5'5'

[...] GIN? 27 SI GIN 28 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ki PAP NU IGI [...]

(o 5') [... bl]ew. The 27th, the north wind blew. The 28th, solar eclipse; when I watched I did not see it [...]

o 6'6'

[...] SI GIN 29 ina še-ri₃ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN KUŠ.E.SIR₂ NU TUḪ [...]

(o 6') [...] the north wind blew. The 29th, in the morning, very overcast; rain but the sandal was not removed [...]

o 7'7'

[...] ZU₂.LUM 2(BARIG) PI GIBIL.MEŠ 2(BARIG) 3(BAN₂) kas₃ 1 GUR [...]

(o 7') [...] dates, 2 pānu; new ones, 2 pānu 3 sūtu; mustard, 1 kurru [...]

o 8'8'

[... i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂].BABBAR ina MAŠ.MAŠ dele-bat ina SAG ITU ina GIR₂.TAB EN TIL ITU ina PA in [...]

(o 8') [... At that time, Ju]piter was in Gemini; Venus, in the beginning of the month, was in Scorpius, until the end of the month, in Sagittarius; ar[ound ...]

o 9'9'

[... x].MEŠ KI.TA ILLU ŠU₂ TAG₄.MEŠ ILLU GIM IGI-u₂ [...]

(o 9') [...] were left below the peak flood level; the river level as before [...]

o 10'10'

[...] (blank)

(o 10') [...] (blank)

o 11'11'

[ITU.APIN 1 ...] 2 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL RIN₂ IGI DIR NU PAP kal ME [...]

(o 11') [Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in the end of Libra; clouds, I did not watch; all day [...]

o 12'12'

[... GE₆ 4 (SAG GE₆) sin ar₂ SI]-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 4 ŠU₂.ŠU₂ AN [...]

(o 12') [... Night of the 4th, (beginning of the night,) the moon was] 2 cubits [behind β Capri]corni, the moon being 5 cubits low to the south. The 4th, very overcast, ra[in ...]

o 13'13'

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

(o 13') [...] ... [...] ... [...]