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ADART 5 9 (X500009)
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| Designation | ADART 5 9 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500009 |
| Museum no. | BM 34684; BM 34787 |
| 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' | [...] 1.10 ME ⸢NIM⸣ [...] | ... moonrise to sunset: 1° 10' |
| 2' | [...] ina 2 i 1.8 | ... in 2° of α Tauri |
| 3' | [...] ⸢KUR⸣ TAB ina 27 i ana TIL TAG₄ | ... the east wind blew; at 27° it left to totality. |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ SI ZALAG₂ 2 KAS GAR IR₂ u ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ | ... the north wind blew. 2 bēru onset, maximal phase, and the east wind |
| 5' | [...] 5 UŠ ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ a-⸢dir⸣ | ... 5 (cubits) the (longer) side, behind β Geminorum, it was eclipsed |
| 6' | [...] 8 UŠ GE₆ GIN u ZALAG₂ DIR ⸢ina KI PA ad₂⸣ | ... 8° after sunset, and clearing; clouds were in the sky with Sagittarius; it was eclipsed |
| 7' | [...] SUD ana ša₂ ⸢GUR⸣ | You pound ... into the Ekur plant |
| 8' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ DIB 1.10 ⸢ME⸣ [NIM] | ... of a house, omitted. 1;10, ēru-house, |
| 9' | 16 GU₄ 14 BAR ⸢DIB⸣ | The 16th, Mercury’s last appearance in 14° of Nisannu. |
| 10' | ⸢APIN⸣ 15 15 GE₆ GIN ina KUR u ULU₃ TAB 4-u₂ HAB ŠU₂ ana DIR KU₄ ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ NU ⸢E⸣ | The 15th, 15° after sunset, it began in the east and south; one-fourth of the disk was covered; it entered a cloud; during clearing, it did not enter the house. |
| 11' | [...] 27 GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ ina GAR u ZALAG₂ ne₂-hi SI GIN 1 KUŠ₃ ina IGI | ... 27° onset, maximal phase, and clearing. In onset and clearing it was slow, the north wind blew. 1 cubit in front |
| 12' | [...] u AN GUB{me} x GU₄.AN ad₂ | ... and Mars stood there. Mercury was eclipsed |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ad₂ ŠU₂ [x x] x [...] | ... it was eclipsed ... |
| 3' | [...] x ina {uru}šu-ša₂-an u EDIN IGI 5 UŠ [ar₂ x x x] SA₄-ša₂-⸢ABSIN⸣ [ad₂ ...] | ... first appearance in the east and the open country. 5° behind ... α Virginis it was eclipsed |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] BAR DIB | ..., omitted. |
| 7' | [...] x DIB | ... omitted. |
| 8' | [... x]+8 al 1/2 HAB i ŠU₂ 10 UŠ IR₂ | ... x+8° above ε Capricorni; it set eclipsed. 10 UŠ, maximal phase. |
| 9' | [...] ⸢GAR⸣ IR₂ u ZALAG₂ TUG₂ AN GAR ULU₃ GIN | ... in the morning watch, maximal phase, and clearing. The ‘garment of the sky’ was present, the south wind blew. |
| 10' | [... ŠE] DIR | ... hand, clouds |
| 11' | [MU] 25 ŠU KI KUR šamaš₂ DIB | Year 25, month IV, with the rising of the sun passed by. |
| 12' | [x] ⸢GIN⸣ | x shekels of ebony |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ŠU₂ | ... hand |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ IGI | |
| 3' | [...] ad₂ MUL₂.GAL ina PA GENNA ar₂ SI-MAŠ₂ [...] | ... it was eclipsed. Jupiter was in Sagittarius; Saturn was behind β Capricorni |
| 4' | 41 KIN 14 50 GIN ina KUR u SI TAB ina 22 2 SI ana TIL TAG₄ 5 IR₂ ⸢ina 23 ana [x ZALAG₂ ...] | (Year) 41, month VI, the 14th, 50°? rose in the east and north?; it cleared in 22nd. It left 2 fingers to the end. 5 ‘moonset to sunrise’; in 23rd it cleared to ... |
| 5' | [...] 50 GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ TUG₂ AN GAR MAR GIN 3 KUŠ₃ SIG SAG-HUN [ad₂] | ... 50° onset, maximal phase, and clearing. The garment of rain was present, the west wind blew. 3 cubits below α Arietis it was eclipsed. |
| 6' | MU SAG {i}u₂-ma-kuš ša₂ da-ra-mu-šu₂ MU-šu₂ [...] | The first name of Umakuš is “that of his eternal name. ... |
| 7' | 1 NE 5 ITU DIB 1 x [...] | (Year) 1, month V, (after) 5 months, omitted. The 1st, ... |
| 8' | ZIZ₂ 14 ša₂ DIB ina 1.15 | Month XI, the 14th, omitted. At 1 15° |
| 9' | 2 NE 13 ša₂ DIB ina 35 [...] | (Year) 2, month V, the 13th, omitted. At 35° |
| 10' | ZIZ₂ 15 19 GIN ina KUR TAB ina 15 [...] | Month XI, the 15th, 19°? it began in the east; on the 15? ... |
| 11' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ IGI SAG-A ad₂ 1 4 ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... cubits before ε Leonis it was eclipsed. The 1st (and) 4th, ... |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | 17 BAR 14 ša₂ ⸢DIB⸣ [...] | (Year) 17, month I, the 14th, eponymy of ... |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | DU₆ 14 48 ana ZALAG₂ ina KUR TAB ina 21 ⸢gab⸣ ŠU₂ 20 IR₂⸣ [...] | Month VII, the 14th, 48° before sunrise, it began in the east. On the 21st, it set eclipsed. The 20th, it cleared |
| 5' | ⸢ina⸣ 15 ⸢NU x x⸣ ana NIM DIR ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | Ina’e23 The 15th, ... ... to the east; clouds ... |
| 6' | [MUL₂.BABBAR u] ⸢AN⸣ ina ALLA GU₄.UD ina RIN₂ [x ina IGI] MUL₂.MUL₂ ⸢ad₂⸣ [...] | Jupiter and Mars were in Cancer; Mercury was in Libra ... in front of η Tauri, it was eclipsed |
| 7' | 18 BAR 14 N GE₆] GIN ina KUR TAB ina 25 gab ŠU₂ 19 ⸢IR₂⸣ [x x x] ana MAR ZALAG₂ | (Year) 18, month I, the 14th, after sunset, it began in the east. On the 25th all was covered. The 19th, ‘moonrise to sunset’ (plus) ... it cleared to the west. |
| 8' | [... ina AN].KU₁₀ ⸢x x⸣ MUL₂.BABBAR AN u GENNA GUB{me} 1+[x KUŠ₃ ar₂ RIN₂]-⸢ša₂⸣-ULU₃ ad₂ | in the eclipse, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn stood there; 1+x cubits behind α Librae it was eclipsed. |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ KUR ina 2 i 14 ana ZALAG₂ ina KUR TAB ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣ x GAR | ... ana’e23 rose in 2° of daytime. The 14th, before sunrise, it began in the east. ... ... |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x MUL₂.BABBAR dele-bat⸣ GU₄.UD u ⸢GENNA⸣ [GUB{me} ...] | ... Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Saturn stood there |
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