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ADART 5 67 (X500070)
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| Designation | ADART 5 67 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500070 |
| Museum no. | BM 46099 + 46172 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢NIM⸣ ina MAŠ.MAŠ IGI | ... ēšû-plant in Gemini |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ina ŠU₂⸣ ina A IGI | ... first appearance in the west in Leo |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina TIL | ... Mercury’s in the west in the end |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ ina TIL ABSIN ŠU₂ KIN 15 ina NIM | ... Mercury’s last appearance in the end of Virgo. Month VI, the 15th, |
| 5' | [... x]+2 na in 14 IGI | ... sunset to setting of Mercury: [x]+2°; (ideal) first appearance on the 14th. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢NE⸣ 24 ina NIM ina [...] | Month V, the 24th, first appearance in the east in |
| 3' | 18 ina NIM ina ABSIN ŠU₂ x APIN [...] | The 18th, last appearance in the east in Virgo. Month VIII, ... |
| 4' | 25 ina ŠU₂ ina PA.BIL ŠU₂ GAN 11 ⸢ina NIM⸣ ina [x IGI x x] | The 25th, last appearance in the west in Sagittarius. Month IX, the 11th, [first appearance] in the east in ... |
| 5' | na ina 8 ki 9 IGI AB GE₆ 21 [...] | rising of Mercury to sunrise: ; (ideal) first appearance on the 8th or 9th. Month X, night of the 21st, |
| 6' | [x] KUŠ₃ 22 ina NIM ina MAŠ₂ ŠU₂ ZIZ₂ 25 [ina ŠU₂ ina x IGI ...] | x cubits. The 22nd, last appearance in the east in Capricorn. Month XI, the 25th, [first appearance] in the west in ... |
| 7' | ⸢in⸣ 22 IGI ŠE GE₆ 10 USAN SIG MUL₂-[IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN] | (ideal) first appearance on the 22nd. Month IV, night of the 10th, first part of the night, it was below β Arietis. |
| 8' | [x] KUŠ₃ GU₄.UD 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 23 ina ŠU₂ ina HUN [ŠU₂] | Mercury being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 23rd, last appearance in the west in Aries. |
| 9' | ⸢x⸣ {i}se-lu-uk-ku {lu₂}ERIN₂ NE SAG GAZ ša₂ [...] | (In) Seleucia, the leader of the troops will kill ... |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ šu₂ ana MU 7.KAM {i}se-lu-⸢uk⸣ [...] | It is for the seventh year of Seleucus |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢MU⸣ 7.KAM {i}se-lu-uk LUGAL ša₂ ši-i MU 1.KAM | 7th year of Seleucus, king of that year 1 |
| 13' | ⸢BAR⸣ 1 ina NIM IGI DIB 17 ina NIM ŠU₂-šu₂ DIB GU₄ SIG 12 ina ŠU₂ | Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), first appearance in the east, omitted. The 17th, its last appearance [in the east], omitt[ed. Month II, month III, the 12th,] |
| 14' | [ina] ALLA IGI 13.30 na in 10 IGI GE₆ 29 USAN | first appearance in Cancer; rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 13° 30'; (ideal) first appearance on the 10th. Night of the 29th, first part of the night, |
| 15' | SIG SAG-UR.A 4 KUŠ₃ ŠU GE₆ 8 USAN SIG LUGAL 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | 4 cubits below ε Leonis. Month IV, night of the 8th, first part of the night, 1⁄2 cubit below a Leonis |
| 16' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] NE 20 ina NIM ina ⸢UR⸣.A IGI ⸢KUR NIM⸣ | ... month V, the 20th, first appearance in the east in the Euphrates; it was bright (and) high, |
| 17' | [...] APIN 14 ⸢ina⸣ ŠU₂ ina GIR₂.TAB ar₂ dele-bat [...] | ... Month VIII, the 14th, last appearance in Scorpius behind Venus |
| 18' | [...] ⸢AB⸣ 16 ina [NIM] ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the 16th, last appearance in the east in Scorpius |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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