SpTU 4, 169 (P348762)
Astronomical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348762 |
| 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 Column i [0:1] o i' 1'o 1'–o i' 1'o 1' | [...] 14 ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i' 2'2'–o i' 2'2' | [...] 15, [...] on Simanu (Month III) ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i' 3'3'–o i' 3'3' | [...] 16, (the sun) stood (at the solstice) on Simanu 24. [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i' 4'4'–o i' 4'4' | [...] year 17, it stood on Duʾuzu (Month IV) 5. [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i' 5'5'–o i' 5'5' | [...] year 18, it stood on Duʾuzu 16. Intercalary Ululu (Month VI). Ṭebetu (Month X) [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i' 6'6'–o i' 6'6' | [...] year 19, it stood on Simanu 27. Ṭebetu [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i' 7'7'–o i' 7'7' | [...] year 20, it stood on Duʾuzu 8. Ṭebetu [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i' 8'8'–o i' 8'8' | [...] it stood on Simanu [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1'r 1'–r i' 1'r 1' | [...] Intercalary Addaru (Month XII). |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 2'2'–r i' 2'2' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 3'3'–r i' 3'3' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 4'4'–r i' 4'4' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 5'5'–r i' 5'5' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i' 6'6'–r i' 6'6' | [...]. Intercalary [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i' 7'7'–r i' 7'7' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i' 8'8'–r i' 8'8' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i' 9'9'–r i' 9'9' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i' 10'10'–r i' 10'10' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i' 11'11'–r i' 11'11' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i' 12'12'–r i' 12'12' | [...] it stood [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii' 1'r 1'–r ii' 1'r 1' | In (Nebuchadnezzar II) year 30, [...] Simanu 21. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii' 2'2'–r ii' 2'2' | In year 31, it stood on Duʾuzu 2. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii' 3'3'–r ii' 3'3' | In year 32, it stood on Simanu 13. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii' 4'4'–r ii' 4'4' | In year 33, it stood on Simanu 24. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii' 5'5'–r ii' 5'5' | In year 34, it stood on Simanu 5. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii' 6'6'–r ii' 6'6' | In year 35, it stood on Simanu 16. Kislimu (Month IX) [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 7'7'–r ii' 7'7' | In year 36, it stood on Simanu 27. Ṭebetu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 8'8'–r ii' 8'8' | In year 37, it stood on Simanu 9. Kislimu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii' 9'9'–r ii' 9'9' | In year 38, it stood on Simanu 10. Kislimu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii' 10'10'–r ii' 10'10' | In year 39 it stood on Duʾuzu 1. Ṭebetu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii' 11'11'–r ii' 11'11' | In year 40, it stood on Duʾuzu 12. Ṭebetu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii' 12'12'–r ii' 12'12' | In year 41, it stood on Duʾuzu 23. Intercalary Ululu. Kislimu [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii' 13'13'–r ii' 13'13' | In year 42, it stood on Duʾuzu 4. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii' 14'14'–r ii' 14'14' | In year 43, it stood on Simanu 15. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii' 15'15'–r ii' 15'15' | In Amel-Marduk year 1, it stood on Simanu 26. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii' 16'16'–r ii' 16'16' | In year 2, it stood on Duʾuzu 7. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii' 17'17'–r ii' 17'17' | In Neriglissar year 1, it stood on Simanu 18. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii' 18'18'–r ii' 18'18' | [...] ... [...] 2, it stood on Simanu 29. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [18:19] r ii' 19'19'–r ii' 19'19' | In year 3, it stood on Duʾuzu 10. [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [19:20] r ii' 20'20'–r ii' 20'20' | In year 4, it stood on [...] 21. [...]. |
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 i' | ||
| 1' | [...] 14 x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] 15 ⸢SIG⸣ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] 16 SIG 24 ⸢GUB⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢MU⸣ 17 ⸢ŠU⸣ 5 GUB [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢MU⸣ 18 ŠU 16 GUB KIN.DIRI KIN.DIRI ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢MU⸣ 19 SIG 27 GUB AB [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢MU 20 ŠU 8 GUB ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] SIG [x] GUB [...] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ŠE⸣ DIRI | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] DIRI | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢GUB⸣ | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | MU 30 ⸢SIG 21 [...] | |
| 2' | MU 31 ŠU 2 GUB [...] | |
| 3' | MU 32 SIG 13 GUB [...] | |
| 4' | MU 33 SIG 24 GUB [...] | |
| 5' | MU 34 SIG 5 GUB [...] | |
| 6' | MU 35 SIG 16 GUB ⸢GAN⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | MU 36 SIG 27 GUB ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | MU 37 SIG 9 GUB ⸢GAN⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | MU 38 SIG 20 GUB ⸢GAN⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | MU 39 ŠU 1 GUB ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | MU 40 ŠU 12 GUB ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | MU 41 ŠU 23 GUB KIN.DIRI KIN.DIRI ⸢GAN⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | MU 42 ŠU 4 GUB [...] | |
| 14' | MU 43 SIG 15 GUB [...] | |
| 15' | {m}LU₂—{d}IB MU 1 SIG 26 GUB [...] | |
| 16' | MU 2 ŠU 7 GUB [...] | |
| 17' | {[d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)LUGAL—PAP MU 1 SIG 18 GUB [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x [x] 2 SIG 29 GUB [...] | |
| 19' | MU 3 ŠU⸣ 10 GUB [...] | |
| 20' | MU 4 [x] 21 GUB⸣ [...] | |
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