SpTU 4, 168 (P348761)
Astronomical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348761 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astronomical |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | In the 44th year (that) Artaxerxes was king the sun stood (at the solstice) in Simanu (month III). In (each) year [...] 11 days. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | 1 (times) 11. 11 and 16 (are) 27. In the 45th year the sun stood on 27 Simanu. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | 2 (times) 11. 22 and 16 (are) 38. You ignore 30. 8 remains. The sun stood on 8 Duʾuzu (month IV). (Intercalary) Addaru (month XII). |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | 3 (times) 11. 33 and 16 (are) 49. You ignore 30. 19 remains. The sun stood on 19 Simanu. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | 4 (times) 11. 44 and 16 (are) 1 00. You ignore 30. 30 remains. The sun stood on 30 Simanu. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 5 (times) 11. 55 and 16 (are) 1 11. You ignore 1 00. 11 remains. The sun stood on 11 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | 6 (times) 11. 1 06 and 16 (are) 1 22. You ignore 1 00. 22 remains. [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | 7 (times) 11. 1 17 and 16 (are) 1 33. You ignore 1 30. 3 remains. The sun stood on [...]. (Intercalary) Addaru. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 8 [...]. 1 28 and 16 (are) 1 44. You ignore 1 30. [...] remains. The sun stood on 14 [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] 1 39 and 16 (are) 1 55. You ignore 1 30. [...]. The sun stood on 15 Simanu. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] and 16 (are) 2 06. You ignore 2 00. [...]. The sun stood on 6 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] 16 (are) 2 17. You ignore 2 00. 17 [...]. The sun stood on 17 Simanu. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...]. The sun stood on 28 Simanu. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [...]. 9 remains. The sun stood on 9 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 1b.e. 1 | [...]. 20 [...]. The sun stood on 20 Simanu. |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 22–b.e. 22 | [...]. The sun stood on 1 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru. |
| Bottom [2:6] b.e. 33– | [...]. The sun stood on 12 [...]. |
| Top [0:1] t.e. 1t.e. 1–t.e. 1t.e. 1 | 32 (times) 11. 5 52 and 16 (are) 6 08. You ignore 6 00. 8 remains. [...]. |
| Top [1:2] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | 33 (times) 11. 6 03 and 16 (are) 6 19. You ignore 6 00. 19 remains. The sun stood on 19 Simanu. |
| Top [2:4] t.e. 33– | 34 (times) 11. 6 14 and 16 (are) 6 30. You ignore 16 00. 30 remains. The sun stood on 30 Simanu. |
| Left [0:2] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 22 | [...]. 6 35 and 16 (are) [6] 41. You ignore 6 30. [...]. [...] stood on 11 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru is the same as (intercalary) Ululu (month VI). |
| Left [2:4] l.e. 33–l.e. 44 | [...]. 6 36 and 16 (are) 6 52. You ignore 6 30. [...]. The sun stood on 22 Simanu. |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 33 | 37 (times) 11. 6 47 and 16 (are) 7 03. You ignore 7 00. [...]. The sun stood on 3 Duʾuzu. (Intercalary) Addaru ... [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MU 44-KAM {m}ar-tah-ša₂-as-su LUGAL SIG 20 GUB ina MU.AN.NA 11 u₄-mu x x | |
| 2 | 1 11 11 u 16 27 ina MU 45-KAM SIG 27 20 GUB | |
| 3 | 2 11 22 u 16 38 30 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 8 ŠU 8 20 GUB ŠE | |
| 4 | 3 11 33 u 16 49 30 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 19 SIG 19 20 GUB | |
| 5 | 4 11 44 u 16 1 30 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 30 SIG 30 20 GUB | |
| 6 | 5 11 55 u 16 1.11 1 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 11 ŠU 11 20 ⸢GUB⸣ ŠE | |
| 7 | 6 11 1.06 u 16 1.22 1 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 22 [...] | |
| 8 | 7 11 1.17 u 16 1.33 1.30 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 3 [x x] 20 GUB ŠE | |
| 9 | 8 [x x] 1.28 u 16 1.44 1.30 tu-maš-⸢šar TAG₄⸣ [x x] 14 20 GUB | |
| 10 | [...] 1.39 u 16 1.55 1.30 tu-[maš-šar x x] SIG 15 20 GUB | |
| 11 | [...] u 16 2.06 2 tu-maš-[šar x x] ŠU 6 20 GUB ŠE | |
| 12 | [...] 16 2.17 2 ⸢tu⸣-[maš-šar x] 17 SIG 17 20 GUB | |
| 13 | [...] 28 SIG 28 20 GUB | |
| 14 | [...] TAG₄ 9 ŠU 9 20 GUB ŠE | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] 20 SIG 20 20 GUB | |
| 2 | [...] ŠU 1 20 GUB ŠE | |
| 3 | [...] 12 20 GUB | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | 32 11 5.52 u 16 6.08 6 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 8 [...] | |
| 2 | 33 11 6.03 u 16 6.19 6 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 19 SIG 19 20 GUB | |
| 3 | 34 11 6.14 u 16 6.30 6 tu-maš-šar TAG₄ 30 SIG 30 20 GUB | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] 6.35 ⸢u⸣ 16 6.41 6.30 tu-maš-šar | |
| 2 | [x x] ŠU 11 [x] GUB ŠE ana KIN ma-šil | |
| 3 | [x x] 6.36 u 16 6.52 6.30 tu-maš-šar | |
| 4 | [x x] SIG 22 20 GUB | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | 37 11 6.47 u⸣ 16 | |
| 2 | 7.03 7 tu-maš-šar [x x] | |
| 3 | ŠU 3 20 GUB ŠE x [...] | |
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