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ADART 5 18 (X500018)

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DesignationADART 5 18
IDX500018
Museum no.BM 33643
LanguageAkkadian
Genrelunar text
Find spotunclear

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1'MU 1 ME 21.KAMYear 121,
2'{itu}ŠE GE₆ 15 [...]Month IV, night of the 15th,
3'ki ša₂-maš-⸢ša₂⸣-a-tu₂ x ⸢ziq-pi⸣from Sha-maš-ešatu x eziqpi-e3
4'sin AN.KU₁₀ A₂ ULU₃ u KURlunar eclipse: when it began on the south and east side,
5'ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 20 GE₆when it began, in 20° of night
6'gab-bi ŠU₂ 5 GE₆ IR₂all was covered. 5° of night maximal phase.
7'a-na ZALAG₂-ru ki-i TAB-u₂when it began to clear,
8'A₂ KUR a-na MAR 2 SI ZALAG₂it cleared on the east side to the west 2 fingers.
9'IB₂.TAG₄ ZALAG₂-ru NU PAPthe remainder cleared; I did not watch.
10'AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ SA₅ AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ xIts eclipse was red; its eclipse ...
11'⸢SI GIN⸣ ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂the north wind blew; in its eclipse,
12'⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR dele-⸢bat⸣ u xJupiter, Venus, and
13'GUB{meš} ina GAR GU₄.UDstood there; in onset, Mercury
r
1'E₃-⸢a⸣ IB₂.TAG₄(If) he goes out, the remainder will be lost.
2'UDU.IDIM{meš} NU GUB{meš}a planet did not stand there
3'2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN2 cubits in front of gamma Virginis
4'a-dir ina 30 DANNAit was eclipsed. At 30 bēru
5'GE₆ ana ZALAG₂ ad₂ ŠU₂before sunrise, it set eclipsed.
6'15 3.30 na DIR mušThe 15th, sunrise to moonset: 3° 30'; measured (despite) clouds.

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