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ADART 5 8 (X500008)
lunar text, unclear
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| Designation | ADART 5 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500008 |
| Museum no. | BM 36879 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | lunar text |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢bi⸣-rit KUR u ⸢ULU₃⸣ | the ... of the mountain and the city-wall |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢x x x ME NIM-a x x x⸣ | ... after sunrise ... |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢x x x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 12' | [x] ⸢ME⸣ NIM | ... ešumu-bird |
| 13' | ⸢APIN⸣ 13 2/3 KAS 4 UŠ ⸢GE₆⸣ [GIN] | 13 2/3 bēru 4 UŠ of black emmer |
| 14' | ⸢ša₂ HAB TAB.TAB⸣ ina 20 ⸢GE₆⸣ [x x x] | “If it is covered with a cloud, in 20° of night |
| 15' | 5 UŠ GE₆ IR₂ TA ⸢ULU₃⸣ [...] | 5° night maximal phase from the ešû-vessel |
| 16' | ina 2/3 KAS GE₆ ana UGU ULU₃ ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | in 2/3 bēru of night over the south, ‘sunrise to moonset’: |
| 17' | ⸢x {mul₂}SAG.ME.GAR ina MURUB₄⸣ [...] | The ... of Jupiter in the middle of the ... |
| 18' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ina 12 GAR ⸢x⸣ [...] | In 12° onset, ... |
| 2' | MU 3 BAR 5 ITU ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | Year 3, month I, the 5th, month ... |
| 3' | KIN.2.KAM 13 ⸢x x x x⸣ | Month VI₂, the 13th, e22 |
| 4' | ŠE 15 ina 25 ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | Month V, the 15th, at 25° before sunset. |
| 5' | MU 4 KIN 13 2 KAS GE₆ GIN ina KUR TAB ina 18 | Year 4. Month VI, the 13th, 2 bēru after sunset, it began in the east. In 18° |
| 6' | ⸢GE₆⸣ gab-bi-šu₂ ŠU₂ 2/3 KAS 4 UŠ GE₆ ⸢IR₂⸣ | All of it is covered. 2/3 bēru 4 UŠ of night. |
| 7' | TA KUR ana ZALAG₂ ⸢TAB ina x⸣ GE₆ ana MAR ZALAG₂ [x] | from east to west; it cleared in ... night to the west. |
| 8' | GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ [SI ša₂] ⸢PA⸣ MAR GAR [GIN] | onset, maximal phase, and clearing. The north wind which was set to the west side blew. |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | ... on top of the temple |
| 10' | ⸢DUR⸣-SIM.MAH |KA×MI| [...] | The sphinx, the “door-of-the-moon’s mouth,… |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
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