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ADART 5 21 (X500021)
lunar text, unclear
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| Designation | ADART 5 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500021 |
| Museum no. | BM 33982 |
| 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 | ||
| 0' | ina a-mat {d}EN u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | At the command of Bel and Beltija may it go well. |
| 1' | MU 1 ME 19.KAM ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ⸢ME⸣ 60+23.KAM] | Year 119, which is year 1 of 83 |
| 2' | {i}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL | The king of Arsaces |
| 3' | APIN GE₆ 13 7.30 ME DIR muš [x] | Month VIII, night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 7° 30'; measured (despite) clouds. |
| 4' | ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ ziq-pi sin AN.KU₁₀ A₂ [x] | culminated behind β Geminorum; lunar eclipse on |
| 5' | ki-i TAB-⸢u₂⸣ [ina 18 GE₆ ⸢x⸣ [...] | when it began on the east side, in 18° of night ... |
| 6' | 6 GE₆ IR₂ ana ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [ki-i TAB-u₂] | 6° of night maximal phase; when it began to clear, |
| 7' | ina 16 GE₆ TA KUR u [...] | In 16° of night it cleared from east and |
| 8' | 40 GAR IR₂ u ZALAG₂-ru ⸢AN⸣.[KU₁₀-šu₂ SA₅] | 40° onset, maximal phase, and clearing. |
| 9' | SA₅-šu₂ SUD ina SAG GAR TUR₃ [...] | You pound its red blood in the beginning (of the sore) ... a halo |
| 10' | ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ ana DIR KU₄-ub [...] | In its eclipse, it entered a cloud |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ SI ša₂ PA MAR GAR [GIN] | In its eclipse, the north wind which was set to the west side blew. |
| 2' | ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ {mul₂}KAK.SI.SA₂ [GUB] | In its eclipse, the Arrow stood there |
| 3' | IB₂.TAG₄ {d}UDU.IDIM{meš} NU [GUB{meš]} | The remainder of the planets did not stand there. |
| 4' | 2 KUŠ₃ e is-le₁₀ |KA×MI| | 2 cubits above a Tauri |
| 5' | in 55 GE₆ ana ZALAG₂ | At 55° before sunrise. |
| 6' | 13 3.30 na DIR NU PAP | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 3° 30'; clouds, I did not watch. |
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