SpTU 5, 267 (P348854)
Astronomical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 267 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348854 |
| 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 | [...] Mercury appears (for the first time) in the east behind the King. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] it sets (for the last time) [...] the Lion; I did not watch. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] it sets (for the last time) in the west in Pabilsag. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] it sets (for the last time) [...] Goat-Fish. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] it sets (for the last time) [...] the Swallow |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] it appears (for the first time) [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] it sets (for the last time) [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] Nisannu (Month I) (day) 1, it appears (for the first time) in the west in front of the Twins. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] it sets (for the last time) [...] the west in front of the King. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] it appears (for the first time) in the east in front of the Crab. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] it sets (for the last time) in the east at the head of the Lion. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] (day) 24, it appears (for the first time) in the west in the Scorpion. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] (day) 7,it sets (for the last time) in the west in front of Pablisag's Arrow. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] gave birth and (there was) 1 male, 1 female; |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | her womb was the body of a dog. |
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 | [...] GU₄.U₄ ⸢ina⸣ NIM ar₂ LUGAL IGI | |
| 2 | [... UR].A ŠU₂ NU PAP | |
| 3 | [...] ina ŠU₂ ina PA ŠU₂ | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | [...] x ina SIM ŠU₂ | |
| 7 | [...] IGI | |
| 8 | [...] x ŠU₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢BAR 1 ina ŠU₂ ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ IGI | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ ina IGI LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 3' | [...] ina NIM ina IGI ALLA IGI | |
| 4' | [...] x ina NIM ina SAG UR.A ŠU₂ | |
| 5' | [...] 24 ina ŠU₂ ina GIR₂.TAB IGI | |
| 6' | [...] 7 ina ŠU₂ ina IGI šil-tah PA ŠU₂ | |
| 7' | [...] U₃.TU-ma 1 NITA₂ 1 MUNUS | |
| 8' | ŠA₃-ša₂ pag-ri kal-bu | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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