Note
Moon position 10
α Leonis was balanced 1 cubit below the moon
Somewhere between day 7 and day 16, the Moon would pass by α Leonis
This was day 11 in 588 BC and 568 BC
Position 9 | Position 10 | Position 11
Note A
| Symbol | Syllables | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
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ušu3 ba3 es2 sin |
šalāšā: thirty, 30 half the moon |
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NUN.LAGAR TUR3 |
animal stall |
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LAGAB RI3 GUR4 niĝin2 ellag KUR4 |
block; excess thick encircle, total bibbu: Mercury KUR4 = ba'lu which means either ba'ālu: to be abnormally large, to become bright or shine brightly; or ba'ūlu: great, important; - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 2, B (1965) pg 1, 184 |
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AB2 | arḫu: cow cattle kakkabu: a star |
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UR.A | UR.A = nēšu: Lion |
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U bur3 šu4 ge14 |
Earth, finger, ten, totality Unit Cover Blow and |
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AB2 | arḫu: cow cattle kakkabu: a star |
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NAGAR | alluttu: a crab, constellation of Cancer. |
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AŠ.ŠA3 | ina libbi: inside, among, in, for |
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AŠ.ŠA3 | ina libbi: inside, among, in, for |
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NUN.LAGAR TUR3 |
animal stall |
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LUGAL | Jupiter; one of the Seven Twin Stars; α Centauri; α Leonis - P. Felix Gössman; Planetarium Babylonicum (1950) pg 89 šarru: king |
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PA.IB šap |
šapal: under, beneath, underneath qablu: hips, middle. šapālu: to be low, deep ; to reach the lowest point; to stay constantly low; - The Assyrian Dictionary, Š Volume 17, Part I (1989) pg 422-423 |
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ušu3 ba3 es2 sin |
šalāšā: thirty, 30 half the moon |
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DIŠ | Constantly, always, one, sixty, if |
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U2 kuš3 |
load, horn unit |
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LAL2 | šaqālu: to be equal, in balance; planets said to be in opposition or in conjunction hang small |
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AŠ DIL DILI RUM ina |
one single |
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ZALAG2 lah2 erin2 |
nawāru: shine, bright; nawru: shining, sunny; nūru: daylight, daybreak dry people |
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3 | 3 |
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UŠ nita unu8 us8 |
fish, unit; redû: lead bring male stick emēdu: to touch, lean; side, follow; |
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GI6 ĝi6 ku10 mi |
mūšu: night ṣalāmu: cause to become dark, darkened, obscured |
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?? | ?? |
Note B
A. The moon observations.
12. On the X. Sebat, Regulus 1 cubit held the scales under the moon (Rs. 7). 11 Sebat = February 22, 8h evening:
- Moon λ = 114°.1 ß = +3°.2
- Regulus λ = 114°.3 ß = +0°. 5
Zu kakkabŠarru = Regulus s. Epping, Astronomical from Babylon, p. 127
TRANSLATION FROM: Paul V. Neugebaner und Ernst F. Weidner (1915) Ein astronomischer Beobachtungstext aus dem 37. Jahre Nebukadnezars II (- 567/66).
Modern Results
SkyCharts- BC567-02-22 20h00m00s ( +03 )
- Moon: L: +114°17'37" (+114.29°) B:+03°09'19" (+03.15°)
- Regulus: L: +114°21'06" (+114.35°) B:+00°20'51" (+00.34°)
- ΔT 18195.44s ( 05h03m15.44s )
Rear Line 6 | Rear Line 7 | Rear Line 8