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OIM A03423 (P500447)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OIM A03423 |
|---|---|
| ID | P500447 |
| Museum no. | OIM A03423 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] TAG₄{zib} GIM ⸢x x x x x x x x-ir-ma⸣ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... left, like a ...-plant |
| 3' | [... AN.GE₆ ina] {im}SI.SA₂ GAR-ma ⸢AN.GE₆⸣ BABBAR ša₂ <ina> {im}SI.SA₂ SAR{u₂} ša₂-⸢niš⸣ [...] | (If) an eclipse takes place on the north side and the white eclipse that occurs on the south side is called a šanišû-demon |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TAG₄{zib} A₂ {⸢im}U₁₈.LU⸣ GAR-ma ina U₄.1.KAM u₂-dan-na-[an ...] | (If) ... leaves the ēru-house: the south wind will be present and on the 1st day it will be strong. |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TAG₄{zib} A₂ {⸢im⸣}KUR.RA GAR-ma SIG₇ {d}GENNA [...] | ... leaves the ēšû-house, it is placed on the east side, and it is yellow-green: Saturn |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TAG₄{zib} A₂ {im}MAR.TU GAR-ma SA₅ {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ša₂-[niš ...] | ... leaves the e’e23-vessel: it is located on the west side and is red. It is called Šamaš-anu. |
| 7' | [... AN].⸢GE₆⸣ TIL{ti₃} GAR-ma ša₂-niš AN.GE₆ ša₂ gab-bi-šu₂ ir-ri-mu TIL x x [...] | (If) a solar eclipse takes place and another (occurring) an eclipse of all of it completes ... . |
| 8' | [...] hab-rat ⸢AN⸣.GE₆ GAR-ma ša₂-niš mi-šil hab-rat AN.GE₆ GAR-[ma ...] | ... there is a black hole in the ēšû-demon, alternatively, there is an eclipse of the moon and ... |
| 9' | [...]-⸢šu₂⸣ u₃ ki-i SI 150-šu₂ ina ta-mar-ti U₄.1.⸢KAM⸣ [...] | ... and when its left horn at the appearance of the first day ... |
| 10' | [...]-⸢mi⸣-ir SIG₅ ki-i ana muh-hi iš-tah-<hi>-ṭu₃ [...] | (Sum) ... is good, when he speaks on top of it(?) (Akk) It is good that you speak on top |
| 11' | [...]-⸢tu⸣ ša₂ ŠA₃ U₄ {d}60 {d}en-lil₂-la₂ AL.[...] | ...-eštu-e23 is the name of the day when Anu and Enlil |
| 12' | [...] x x [...] |
Sources & licences
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