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ADART 5 63 (X500064)

planetary text, Nippur

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DesignationADART 5 63
IDX500064
Museum no.AO 17630
LanguageAkkadian
Genreplanetary text
Find spotNippur
Coordinates32.1269, 45.2308

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.

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1'MU 41.KAM {i}ar₂-tah-šat-su LUGAL KUR.KUR GU₄ 9 MUL₂.BABBARYear 41 of Artaxerxes, king of all lands. Month II, the 9th, Jupiter’s
2'ina GU UŠ ŠU 17 MUL₂.BABBAR ina GU ana ME E-afirst appearance in Aquarius. Month IV, the 17th, Jupiter’s acronychal rising [in Aquarius].
3'AB 28 ar₂ GU ŠU₂ ZIZ₂ 29 ina KUN IGI ba-il₃Month X, the 28th, last appearance behind Aquarius. Month xI, the 29th, first appearance in the tail; it was high.
4'MU 42.KAM {i}ar₂-tah-šat-su LUGAL ŠU 3 MUL₂.BABBAR UŠYear 42, king Artaxerxes. Month IV, the 3rd, Jupiter became stationary.
5'KIN 5 ana ME E-a APIN 8 ina KUN UŠMonth VI, the 5th, acronychal rising. Month VIII, the 8th, first appearance in Pisces.
6'ŠE ina 21 ina SAG.KI HUN.GA₂ ana ME E-aIncantation. On the 21st, in the beginning of Aries, acronychal rising.
7'MU 41 SIG 8 dele-bat ina NIM ina SAG ALLA ŠU₂Year 41. Month III, the 8th, Venus’ last appearance in the east in the beginning of Cancer.
8'NE 10 ina ŠU₂ ina SAG ABSIN IGI APIN GE₆ 19 SIG SI-MAŠ₂Month V, the 10th, first appearance in the west in the beginning of Virgo. Month VIII, night of the 19th, it was below β Capricorni.
9'3 KUŠ₃ ZIZ₂ GE₆ 6 2 5/6 KUŠ₃ SIG SAG.KI {mul₂}HUN.GA₂Month XI, night of the 6th, it was 2 5/6 cubits below the top of Aries.
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10'ŠE GE₆ 3 2 ŠU.SI SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ ⸢MU⸣ 42 BAR GE₆ 8Month IV, night of the 3rd, the 2nd, fingers below η Tauri was 42? [cubits. Month I, night] of the 8th,
11'[x x] GIGIR ana ŠA₃ {d}dele-bat KU₄ ⸢GU₄⸣ [x ina] ŠU₂ ina GU₄.AN ŠU₂a chariot enters Venus. Mercury enters Mercury.
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12'⸢MU 41 BAR ina 6 GU₄.UD ina NIM IGI DIB 20 ina NIM ŠU₂ DIB(Year) 41, month I, around the 6th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east, omitted. The 20th, last appearance [in the east], om[itted.]
13'GU₄ [x] ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ.MAŠ IGI KUR <SIG> 29 ina ŠU₂ ina UR.A ŠU₂ ŠU 27[Month II, the xth,] first appearance in the west in Gemini; it was bright, <Month III>, the 29th, last appearance [in the west] in Leo. Month IV, the 27th,
14'ki ⸢IGI⸣ [x] ina 21 ina NIM ina UR.A IGI TUR NE ina 18... on the 21st, first appearance in the east in Leo; it was small. Month V, on the 18th,
15'ina KUR ina ⸢ABSIN⸣ ŠU₂ DU₆ ina 8 ina ŠU₂ IGI ina 21 ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ APINin the east in Virgo. Month VII, on the 8th, first appearance in the west. On the 21st, last appearance in [the west.] Month VIII,
16'10 ki IGI NIM ina 8 ina NIM ina GIR₂.TAB IGI A LUH A KAL NIM DIBThe 10th, when it became visible, it was high, on the 8th, first appearance in the east in Scorpius; rain sho[wer,] slow rain, omitted.
17'GAN DIR ina 23 ina PA ŠU₂ AB 21 ina ŠU₂ ina GU IGI KURMonth IX was intercalary. On the 23rd, last appearance in Sagittarius. Month X, the 21st, first appearance in the west in Aquarius; it was bright.
18'LUH <ZIZ₂> ina 17 28 ina ŠU₂ ina KUN ŠU₂ ŠE ina 17 ina NIM ina KUN IGI TURMonth XI, on the 17th?, the 28th, last appearance in the west in Pisces. Month V, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) in 17°; it could be seen while (the sun) stood there; it was small.

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