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ADART 5 12 (X500012)
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| Designation | ADART 5 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500012 |
| Museum no. | BM 36612 + 37043 + 37107 |
| 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⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] muš | ... snake |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] NU PAP | ... I did not watch. |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | GE₆ 16 1 GE₆⸣ NU PAP | Night of the 16th, sunset to moonrise: 1°; I did not watch. |
| 2' | 16 6.40 na NU PAP | The 16th, sunrise to moonset: 6° 40'; I did not watch. |
| 3' | 28 12.20 | The 28th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 12° 20’. |
| 4' | MU 3 {i}da | Year 3 of Darius. |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ | ... night |
| 2' | ⸢x x x⸣ NU PAP | ... I did not watch. |
| 3' | ŠE 1 21 na ⸢ina šamaš₂⸣ | Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 21°; it was bright, |
| 4' | 13 5 ŠU₂ | 13th moonset to sunrise: 5° |
| 5' | GE₆ 14 11 ME NU PAP | Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 11°; I did not watch. |
| 6' | 14 20 NINDA na ⸢DIR NU⸣ [PAP] | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 20'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 7' | GE₆ 15 1.50 ⸢GE₆⸣ | Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 1° 50'. |
| 8' | 26 19 [...] | The 26th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 19° |
| 9' | MU 4 [...] | Year 4 |
| o iv | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x] 6 x ⸢x⸣ | ... 6 ... |
| 3' | GE₆ 15 1 ⸢GE₆⸣ muš | Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 1°, measured. |
| 4' | 27 15.20 | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 15° 20’. |
| 5' | ⸢APIN 1 25 | Arahsamnu (Month VIII): 1 25 |
| o v | ||
| 1' | 10+[...] | 10+[x] |
| 2' | 10+[...] | 10+[x] |
| 3' | 20+[...] | The 20+[xth,] |
| 4' | ⸢DU₆ 30 [...] | Month VII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), |
| 5' | 13 1+[x ...] | The 13th, 1+x° |
| 6' | ⸢GE₆ 14 [...] | Night of the 14th, |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 3 ME | ... e’e3 3 hundred |
| 2' | [...] ⸢TA⸣ ULU₃ | ... south |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ SI | ... ana-e23 horn |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] IGI | ... first appearance |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [...] 30 | ... 30 |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [...] AN.KU₁₀ sin | ... lunar eclipse |
| 11' | [...] GIN | ... blew. |
| 12' | [...] ⸢in⸣ 24 | ... ešû-plants 24 |
| 13' | [...] ⸢A₂⸣ ULU₃ | ... south |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x GAR⸣ 4 UŠ | ... 4 lengths |
| 15' | [...] u MAR | ... and west |
| 16' | [... AN].⸢KU₁₀⸣ BI | ... that eclipse |
| 17' | [... x]{meš} | ... ...; |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | AB 13 20+[x ...] | Month X, the 13th, 20+x ... |
| 2' | MU 9 {i}a-⸢lik⸣ | Year 9, A’elik |
| 3' | ⸢AB GE₆⸣ 14 8 [x x x] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ GIN sin AN.KU₁₀ ina KUR ki TAB-[u₂] | Month X, night of the 14th, 8° ... Night of the 23rd, the moon eclipsed; when it began in the east, |
| 4' | [ina x GE₆] gab-bi-šu₂ ŠU₂ 7 GE₆ IR₂ ina 16 GE₆ TA [x] | in ... night all of it was covered. 7° of night maximal phase. In 16? night from ... |
| 5' | ⸢x x⸣ ULU₃ u KUR ana MAR ZALAG₂ 4 KUŠ₃ SIG SAG-UR.A ad₂ 50+[x] | it cleared in the south and east to the west. 4 cubits below ε Leonis it was eclipsed. 50+[x] |
| 6' | GE₆ GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂ ina GAR u ZALAG₂ ha-muṭ ina IR₂ ne₂-hi ina ⸢GAR⸣ | ‘sunset to moonrise’: in onset, maximal phase, and clearing. During onset and clearing, it was fast. In onset it was slow, in ešamê |
| 7' | GENNA ŠU₂ AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ AN GUB IB₂.TAG₄ {d}UDU.IDIM{meš} NU GUB{⸢meš⸣} | Saturn was eclipsed. Mars stood there; the remainder of the planets did not stand there. |
| 8' | AN.KU₁₀-⸢šu₂⸣ SA₅ ina GAR ⸢MUL₂ GAL ša₂ ma⸣-gal KUR u meš-hat ⸢TUK-u₂⸣ | (If) an eclipse is red: in the onset of the Great Star: there will be abundance of land and plenty of rain. |
| 9' | TA KI ⸢x⸣ [...] | From the place of the temple |
| 10' | MU 10 ⸢x⸣ [...] | Year 10, ... |
| 11' | sin TA a-⸢kam⸣ [...] | the moon from the eas[t ...] |
| 12' | ina 9 GE₆ ZALAG₂-⸢ir⸣ [...] | In 9° of night it cleared |
| 13' | NU GUB{meš} AN.⸢KU₁₀⸣ [...] | did not stand there; a lunar eclipse |
| 14' | AB GE₆ 15 2 ME [...] | Month X, night of the 15th, moonrise to sunset: 2° |
| 15' | al-la 4-u₂ HAB-⸢rat⸣ [...] | As much as one-fourth of a šumma ēritu ... |
| 16' | ana A₂ SI u ⸢MAR⸣ [...] | to the north and west |
| 17' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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