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ADART 5 25 (X500025)

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DesignationADART 5 25
IDX500025
Museum no.BM 33562A
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)
t.e.
1'ina a-mat {d}EN u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-limAt the command of Bel and Beltija may it go well.
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1'MU 1 ME 1+ŠU.8.KAM ša₂ ši-iYear 168, that is
2'MU 2 ME 32.KAM {i}ar-ša₂-kam LUGAL LUGAL{meš}Year 232, Arsaces king of kings
3'ša₂ iṭ-ṭar-ri-du {i}u₂-ru-da-a LUGALof Itṭarridu the Uruda king
4'{itu}BAR GE₆ 13 5.50 ME DIR NU PAPMonth I, night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 5° 50'; clouds, I did not watch.
5'5 UŠ ina IGI DELE ziq-pi5 (cubits) the (longer) side, in front of γ Piscium.
6'sin AN.KU₁₀ A₂ ULU₃ u KURlunar eclipse: when it began on the south and east side,
7'ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 20 GE₆ 6 SI GAR-anin 20° of night it made 6 fingers.
8'7 GE₆ IR₂ ana ZALAG₂-ru ki-i TAB-u₂7° of night maximal phase; when it began to clear,
9'ina 13 GE₆ TA ULU₃ u KURIn 13° of night it cleared from south and east
10'ana SI u MAR 4 SI ZALAG₂ ad₂ ŠU₂it cleared 4 fingers to the north and west. It set eclipsed.
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1'[...]
2'AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ ⸢x x GAR-in⸣Its eclipse ... was set.
3'ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ SI ŠAR₂ GINIn its eclipse, the north wind blew.
4'ina AN.KU₁₀-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR GENNA u AN GUB-uʾIn its eclipse, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars stood there.
5'ina ZALAG₂-ru GENNA ŠU₂ IB₂.TAG₄last part of the night, Saturn was covered.
6'{d}UDU.IDIM{meš} NU GUB-uʾSaturn did not stand there.
7'2/3 KUŠ₃ ar₂ RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 6 SI2/3 cubit behind α Librae, 6 fingers
8'ana ULU₃ SIG ad₂ in 40 GE₆ ana ZALAG₂low to the south, it was eclipsed. At 40° before sunrise.
9'13 1 na a-kam mušThe 13th, sunrise to moonset: 1°; measured (despite) mist

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