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ADART 5, 052 (P496569)
Astral sciences, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | ADART 5, 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P496569 |
| Museum no. | BM 041222 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Astral sciences |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 16' | ... 1? 12 cubits overcast |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... 8? fingers above the king |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... the totality of the king stood 12 cubits |
| obverse col 1 6' | ... to one star |
| obverse col 2 3' | Year 14, ama-um-ukin. |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... it became stationary 1 1/2 cubits above Librae. |
| obverse col 2 8' | The 29th, above Mercury, 14 fingers in the area of Leo... |
| obverse col 2 5' | Year 17 of Mercury. The 19th, Mars’ last appearance in...; on the 15th, Mercury’s |
| obverse col 2 6' | Year 19 of Taritu. The 4th, Mercury stood (there) above Mars to 23 cubits. Mercury |
| obverse col 1 5' | ... its length: 8 (lines) |
| obverse col 2 2' | Year 2, Ashurnasirpal... |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... of the mama-eir priestess who before the shepherd |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... emerges |
| obverse col 2 9' | Year 12, eponym year of Night of the 8th, Mercury was 2 23 cubits in the area of Tauri, above?... |
| obverse col 2 12' | Year...... above Mars, 1 1/2 cubits... |
| obverse col 1 13' | ... above... |
| obverse col 1 4' | ..., the head of the 'increment' of the m. |
| obverse col 2 11' | Year 7, Leo... Mercury was above Mars, |
| obverse col 1 17' | ... star... |
| obverse col 1 12' | ... is 2 cubits... Virginis. |
| obverse col 2 7' | Year 1, equinox; bricks. The 28th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west...... |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... a star which is between... |
| obverse col 1 8' | ...... The 26th, |
| obverse col 2 4' | when it was bright (and) high, it was eclipsed 6 cubits above? Mercury... |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... 12 cubits behind Leonis |
| obverse col 2 10' | Year 16 of Simanu. Night of the 20th, Mercury stood 1 cubit 4 fingers behind Mars |
| obverse col 2 1' | The 8th, its humbahalda...... |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... is covered in a red halo to a star after it. |
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
- 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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