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ADART 5 58 (X500059)
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| Designation | ADART 5 58 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500059 |
| Museum no. | BM 32209 + 41854 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | planetary 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 | ||
| 1' | [MU 1 da-ri-ia]-⸢muš⸣ A {i}ar-tak A {i}hi-ši | Year 1 of Darius, son of Barak, descendant of Ḫiši |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢USAN⸣ sin SIG AN 4 KUŠ₃ | ... first part of the night, the moon was 4 cubits below Mars |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢sin⸣ SIG AN 2 KUŠ₃ | ... sinews, 2 cubits below Mars |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢sin SIG⸣ AN 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ | ... wool, wool of Mars, 1 5/6 cubits |
| 5' | MU 2 ŠU 23 ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ sin SIG AN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | Year 2, month IV, the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits below Mars. |
| 6' | NE 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin ⸢SIG AN⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ | Month V, the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits below β Mars |
| 7' | APIN 19 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG AN 2 KUŠ₃⸣ LAL₂ | Month VIII, the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was balanced 2 cubits below Mars. |
| 8' | ZIZ₂ U₄-12 USAN sin ar₂ ⸢AN⸣ [N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | Month XI, 12th day, first part of the night, the moon was behind α Scorpii |
| 9' | ŠE 9 USAN sin ina IGI AN 1 KUŠ₃ DIR.ŠE | Month IV, the 9th, first part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of Mars. Month XII₂, |
| 10' | MU 3 GU₄ 6 USAN sin SIG AN 2/3 KUŠ₃ | Year 3, month II, the 6th, first part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit below Mars. |
| 11' | SIG 5 sin ar₂ AN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 8 SI ana SI NIM | Month III, the 5th, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind Mars, [the moon] being 8 fingers high to the north. |
| 12' | NE 2 sin e AN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL | [Month V, the 2nd, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [above Mars], the moon being 1 cubit back to the west. |
| 13' | MU 4 ŠU 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin SIG AN 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB | Year 4, month IV, the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits below Mars, the m[oon having passed] 1 cubit to the east. |
| 14' | APIN 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI AN 5/6 KUŠ₃ | Month VIII, the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was 5/6 cubit in front of Mars. |
| 15' | GAN 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI AN 8 SI ana ŠU₂ GUB ana ŠA₃-šu₂ GI | Month IX, the 18th, last part of the night, the moon stood 8 fingers in front of Mars to the west, it was set towards its source. |
| 16' | MU 5 BAR 7 MURUB₄ sin ina IGI AN 3 SI i sin ana ULU₃ SIG DIR.ŠE | Year 5, month I, the 7th, in the middle watch the moon was 3 fingers in front of Mars, the moon being low to the south. Month XII₂, |
| 17' | MU 6 ZIZ₂ GE₆ 16 MURUB₄ sin ar₂ AN 2 SI ana ŠA₃-šu₂ GIN | Year 6, month XI, night of the 16th, in the middle watch, the moon was 2 fingers behind Mars to its left |
| 18' | MU 7 KIN 5 USAN AN SIG SI sin ša₂ ULU₃ 1 SI TE DIR.ŠE | Year 7, month VI, the 5th, first part of the night, Mars was 1 finger below β Scorpii, the moon being 1 finger above the south wind, it came close. Month XII₂, |
| 19' | MU 11 DU₆ 7 SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ AN 8 SI ana ŠA₃-šu₂ GIN | Year 11. Month VII, the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was 8 fingers behind Mars to its source |
| 20' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...]⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] 4 sin e ⸢GENNA⸣ [...] | The 4th, the moon was above Saturn |
| 2' | GAN 4 sin e GENNA 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM⸣ [DIB] | [Month IX, the 4th, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [above Saturn], the moon [having passed] 1/2? cubit to the east. |
| 3' | MU 2 SIG 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin e GENNA 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 8 ⸢SI ana NIM DIB⸣ | Year 2, month III, the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit above Saturn, the m[oon having passed] 8 fingers to the east. |
| 4' | KIN U₄-11 USAN sin e GENNA 5/6 KUŠ₃ LAL₂ | Month VI, the 11th, first part of the night, the moon was balanced 5/6 cubit above Saturn. |
| 5' | GAN U₄-5 sin e GENNA 5/6 KUŠ₃ sin 8 SI ana NIM DIB ŠE DIR | Month IX, the 5th day, the moon was 5/6 cubit above Saturn, [the moon] having passed 8 fingers to the east. Month IV was intercalary. |
| 6' | MU 3 GU₄ 20 U₄.ZAL sin SIG GENNA 8 SI sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB | Year 3, month II, the 20th, in the morning watch, the moon was 8 fingers below Saturn, the m[oon having passed] 1/2 cubit to the east. |
| 7' | ŠU 15 U₄.ZAL sin ar₂ GENNA 6 SI ana ŠA₃-šu₂ GI | Month IV, the 15th, in the morning watch, the moon was 6 fingers behind Saturn to its left |
| 8' | NE 13 sin ina IGI GENNA 8 SI ana ŠU₂ GUB | Month V, the 13th, the moon stood 8 fingers in front of Saturn to the west. |
| 9' | MU 7 ŠU 22 1.4 ana ZALAG₂ GENNA TA SI sin ša₂ SI E₃ | Year 7, month IV, the 22nd, 1⁄2 before sunrise, Saturn came out from the north, the moon being the north wind |
| 10' | APIN 12 MURUB₄ GENNA ana ŠA₃ sin KU₄ | Month VIII, the 12th, in the middle watch, Saturn entered the moon |
| 11' | MU 1 ar₂ APIN 25 sin ar₂ ⸢GENNA 4 SI⸣ ana ŠA₃-šu₂ ⸢GI⸣ | Year 1 behind Month VIII, the 25th, the moon was 4 fingers behind Saturn to its original position |
| 12' | MU 2 GU₄ GE₆ 12 ⸢MURUB₄⸣ sin e GENNA 2 SI DIM₄ DIR.ŠE | Year 2, month II, night of the 12th, middle part of the night, the moon was 2 fingers above Saturn, it came near. Month XII was intercalary. |
| 13' | MU 5 BAR 17 ⸢USAN GENNA⸣ ana ŠA₃ sin KU₄ 28 GE₆ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ it-tur | Year 5, month I, the 17th, Saturn entered the moon. The 28th, night, it turned back in its course |
| 14' | ⸢GU₄ 14 USAN⸣ GENNA ana ŠA₃ sin KU₄ DIR.<ŠE> | Month II, the 14th, first part of the night, Saturn entered the moon. cl[ouds> |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | 2 DIR] | The 2nd, cl[ouds?] |
| 2' | 5 DIR] | (Year) 5, intercalary month XII |
| 3' | 7 DIR] | The 7th, cl[ouds?] |
| 4' | 10 DIR | The 10th, cl[ouds?] |
| 5' | 13 DIR | The 13th, cl[ouds?] |
| 6' | 16 DIR 2.KAM | The 16th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 2°. |
| 7' | 18 DIR | The 18th, cl[ouds?] |
| 8' | 2 ar₂ DIR | The 2nd, behind β [Capricorni.] |
| 9' | 5 DIR | (Year) 5, intercalary month XII |
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