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ADART 5 23 (X500023)
lunar text, unclear
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| Designation | ADART 5 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500023 |
| Museum no. | BM 34963 + 35198 + 35238 |
| 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 iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢A₂⸣ | ... eša’e |
| 8' | [...] NU GUB{meš} | ... did not stand |
| o iv | ||
| 1' | ⸢NE⸣ [...] | The ešēdu-plant |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣-[kam ...] | It is the east |
| 3' | 27 23 [KUR] | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 23°. |
| 4' | KIN 1 18 KUR₄ muš | Month VI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 18°; it was bright, measured. |
| 5' | 14 ŠU₂ u na NU TUK muš | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: ; measured. |
| 6' | 14 AN.KU₁₀ sin | The 14th, lunar eclipse |
| 7' | ša₂ DIB | which was omitted |
| 8' | ina 30+[x] ⸢ME⸣ NIM-a | At 30+x° after sunrise. |
| 9' | 27 16.30 KUR muš | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 16° 30'; measured. |
| r v | ||
| 1' | ⸢ki TAB⸣-[u₂ ...] | (If) he descends into Ea: . |
| 2' | ana ZALAG₂ ki TAB-u₂ ina 12 | when it began to clear, in 12° |
| 3' | ME TA SI u MAR | the moon came out from the north and west |
| 4' | ana KUR ZALAG₂-ir 24 GAR | to the east. 24° onset, |
| 5' | u ZALAG₂-ru ina AN.KU₁₀-⸢šu₂⸣ | and clearing. In its eclipse, |
| 6' | SI GIN ina 45 ME NIM-a | the north wind blew. At 45° after sunrise. |
| 7' | DU₆ 30 12 muš | VII 30 12th, measured |
| 8' | 27 23 KUR ⸢muš⸣ | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 23°; it was bright, |
| 9' | APIN 1 16 ⸢muš⸣ | Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 16°; it was bright, |
| 10' | 27 16 [KUR] | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 16°. |
| 11' | GAN 30 10+[x ...] | Month IX, the 1st of which was identical with the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 10+x° ... |
| 12' | 28 [x KUR] | The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: ... |
| 13' | ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| r vi | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ muš | ... e’e23 snake |
| 4' | 28 x⸣ 20 KUR DIR NU PAP | The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 20°; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 5' | ⸢MU⸣ 2 ME] 24 | “It is the 224th year |
| 6' | ⸢BAR 30 10+x⸣ na muš | The 30th, sunrise to moonset: 10+[x°]; measured. |
| 7' | 27 15 KUR muš | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 15°; measured. |
| 8' | ⸢GU₄⸣ 1 20+x a-pir muš | II 1 20+[x] earthshine, measured |
| 9' | ina GUB IGI ana ⸢šamaš₂⸣ SIG | it could be seen while (the sun) stood there; it was low to the sun. |
| 10' | 27 ⸢x⸣ [KUR] ⸢muš⸣ | 27 emuš-birds |
| 11' | SIG 30 [...] | III 30 ... |
| 12' | a-⸢kam⸣ [...] | The a’eškam-priest |
| 13' | 20+[x ...] | The 20+xth, ... |
| 14' | ⸢ŠU⸣ [...] | Hand of a Ghost |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | 27 20+[x KUR ...] | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 20+x° ... |
| 17' | NE [...] | Month V, |
| 18' | 27 [...] | The 27th, |
| 19' | 28 [...] | The 28th, |
| r vii | ||
| 1' | [AB] 30 14 ⸢na muš⸣ | Month X, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14°, measured. |
| 2' | 26 12.30 KUR NU PAP | The 26th, moonrise to sunrise: 12° 30'; I did not watch. |
| 3' | ZIZ₂ 1 17 na KUR₄ muš | Month XI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 17°; it was bright, measured. |
| 4' | 27 18.30 KUR NU PAP | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 18° 30'; I did not watch. |
| 5' | GE₆ 29 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ ša₂ DIB | Night of the 29th, solar eclipse, omitted. |
| 6' | ina 60+16 GE₆ ana ZALAG₂ | At 76° before sunrise. |
| 7' | ŠE 1 20 na NU PAP | Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 20°; I did not watch. |
| 8' | GE₆ 14 7 <x> muš | Night of the 14th, moonrise to sunset: 7°, measured. |
| 9' | 2-ša₂-GIŠ.KUN-šu₂ | 2 talents |
| 10' | ziq-pi {d}sin | “Finger-nail of Sîn, |
| 11' | AN.KU₁₀ TA ULU₃ | solar eclipse from south |
| 12' | [ki TAB]-u₂ ina 12 GE₆ | in 12° of night |
| r viii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢DIR⸣ NU PAP | ... clouds, I did not watch. |
| 2' | [...] ⸢muš⸣ | ... snake |
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