The following comes from:
Hermann Hunger and David Pingree, Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia
(Handbook of Oriental Studies; Leiden: Brill, 1999), 160, 177
BM 34758 (LBAT 1057) for 194 SE (= -117/6) on pp. 100-105
(transliteration) and 112 (computation), and Tafel VI (copy); Kugler had only
two of the three fragments of this tablet. The Diary for -117 agrees in some
particulars, disagrees in others:
|
Diary |
Normal Star Almanac |
|
XII 5 or 6. Φ of Saturn 4 ½ cubits below a Gem. |
XII 5 or 6. Φ of Saturn 4Yz cubits below α Gem. |
|
|
XII 10. Φ of Saturn in Gemini |
|
XII [10. Venus] 4Y2 cubits
[below a] Arietis |
XII [9]. Venus 4 ½ cubits [below α] Arietis |
|
XII 29. Solar eclipse (after) 5
months; omitted |
Xll19. 54o (= 3;36
h) after sunset, solar eclipse. |
. . .
Jupiter
