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ADART 5 68 (X500071)
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| Designation | ADART 5 68 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500071 |
| Museum no. | BM 55517 |
| 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) |
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| 1' | MU 7 {i}se-⸢lu⸣-[ku ...] | Year 7, Seleucus |
| 2' | KUR 18 na in 20+[x ...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | rising of Mercury to sunrise: 18°; (ideal) first appearance on the 20+[xth ...] ... |
| 3' | KIN GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ AN e LUGAL 3 U ⸢GE₆⸣ 13 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢AN⸣ [e MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL] | Month VI, night of the 2nd, last part of the night, Mars was 3 fingers above α Leonis. Night of the 13th, [last part] of the [night,] Mars was 1 cubit above a Leonis |
| 4' | 8 U AN 2 U ana NIM DIB DU₆ GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG GIŠ.KUN-⸢A⸣ [...] | Mars having passed 2 fingers to the east. Month VII, night of the 2nd, last part of the night, Mars was below θ Leonis |
| 5' | AN e GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 5 SI APIN GE₆ 7 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-[ABSIN n n] | Mars was 5 fingers above β Scorpii. Month VIII, night of the 7th, last part of the night, Mars was below 𝜗 Virginis. |
| 6' | GE₆ 28 ina ZALAG₂ AN e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ 8 U AB GE₆ 5 [ina ZALAG₂ AN e] | Night of the 28th, last part of the night, Mars was 1 cubit 8 fingers above α Virginis. Month X, night of the 5th, [last part] of the [night, Mars] was |
| 7' | RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 8 SI GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ZIZ₂ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | 8 fingers [above] α Librae. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, it was 2 1⁄2 cubits below a Librae Month XI, night of the xth, |
| 8' | MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 2 U DIM₄ GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ AN e SI₄ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ŠE⸣ [GE₆ x ina ZALAG₂ AN] | 2 fingers below β Scorpii; it came near. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, Mars was 2 1/2 cubits above 𝜗 Sagittarius. E22ŠE23 [Night of the xth,] last part [of the night], Mars was |
| 9' | e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ 4 U DIR.ŠE EN 16 AN ana NIM ki [UŠ-u₂ n n] | 1 cubit 4 fingers above θ Ophiuchi. Month XII₂, until the 16th, when Mars became stationary to the east, |
| 10' | ina IGI 4.AM₃ IGI{me} ša₂ PA ša₂ ana ZA maš-lu UŠ NU PAP | (If) it is seen at the front of the four eyes: that of Šamaš; that of to ZA; extispicy; I will not watch. |
| 11' | MU 8 GU₄ 6 AN ana ME E GE₆ 18 USAN AN SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA n n] | Year 8, month II, the 6th, Mars’ acronychal rising. Night of the 18th, first part of the night, Mars was below θ Ophiuchi. |
| 12' | SIG in EN 12 AN ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a 1 KUŠ₃ 20 SI ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-[šil-PA UŠ] | Month III, around until the 12th, when Mars became stationary to the west, it became stationary 1 cubit 20 fingers in front of θ Ophiuchi. |
| 13' | ŠU GE₆ 8 USAN AN ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI [...] | Month IV, night of the 8th, first part of the night, Mars, while moving back to the east, was 1 cubit 4 fingers below θ Ophiuchi |
| 14' | USAN AN SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 3 KUŠ₃ DU₆ GE₆ 20 USAN AN e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-⸢SUHUR⸣-[MAŠ₂] | first part of the night, Mars was 3 cubits below β Capricorni. Month VII, night of the 20th, first part [of the night], Mars was above 𝜗 |
| 15' | 3 U AN 2 U ana ŠU₂ LAL GE₆ 23 e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 4 U AB GE₆ [x SIG] | Mars being 2 fingers back to the west. Night of the 23rd, it was 4 fingers above δ Capricorni. Month X, night of the [xth,] it was |
| 16' | ⸢MUL₂⸣-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ZIZ₂ GE₆ 5 SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 [KUŠ₃] | 2 1⁄2 cubits [below η Piscium. Month XI, night of the 5th, it was 4? [cubits] below 𝜗 Arietis. |
| 17' | [GE₆] 11 SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 5 1/2 KUŠ₃ ŠE GE₆ 13 SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 [KUŠ₃ (x x)] | Night of the 11th, it was 5 1⁄2 cubits below α Arietis. Month IV, night of the 13th, It was 1 cubit below ... |
| 18' | ⸢GE₆ 28 e is-le₁₀ 2 2/3 KUŠ₃ | Night of the 28th, it was 2 2/3 cubits above α Tauri |
| 19' | MU 9 BAR GE₆ 21 USAN AN SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 25 ⸢USAN⸣ [AN] | Year 9, month I, night of the 21st, first part of the night, Mars was 2 cubits below β Tauri. Night of the 25th, eponymy of Mars |
| 20' | e ŠUR-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ 4 U GU₄ GE₆ 5 USAN ⸢AN e⸣ MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-⸢še⸣-[pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ] | 1 cubit 4 fingers above ζ Tauri. Month II, night of the 5th, first part of the night, Mars was above eta Piscium |
| 21' | 1 KUŠ₃ 19 17 na ša₂ AN in 22 AN ina MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ ⸢KIN⸣ 1 AN ina [A IGI ...] | 1 cubit. The 19th, rising of Mars to sunrise: 17°. Around the 22nd, Mars’ last appearance in Gemini. Month VI, the 1st, Mars' first appearance in Leo |
| 22' | in 24 ša₂ NE IGI GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ AN ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | (ideal) first appearance on the 24th of month V. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, Mars was 1/2 cubit behind β Scorpii |
| 23' | ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG DELE 1 KUŠ₃ i AN ana ŠU₂ LAL APIN GE₆ 3 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢e⸣ [...] | last part of the night, Mars was 1 cubit below γ Virginis, Mars being a little back to the west. Month VIII, night of the 3rd, last part [of the night?, ...] |
| 24' | 1 KUŠ₃⸣ ... | 1 hide of , |
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| 1' | [... x]+6 IGI KIN [...] | ... first appearance x+6°. Month VI, ... |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ [...] in 10 IGI 16 GU₄.UD ⸢e⸣ [...] | ... (ideal) first appearance on the 10th. The 16th, Mercury’s |
| 3' | GAN 4 GU₄.UD [ina NIM ina x IGI ... N] na in 3 IGI GE₆ 21 ina ⸢ZALAG₂ GU₄⸣.[UD e] | Month IX, the 4th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in ... sunset to setting of Mercury: [nn°;] (ideal) first appearance on the 3rd. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, Mercury was |
| 4' | MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 1 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ 8 U AB 17 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL PA ŠU₂ ZIZ₂ ⸢x⸣ [GU₄.UD] | 1 cubit θ Ophiuchi. Month X, the 17th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in the end of Sagittarius. [Month XI, the xth,] Mercury |
| 5' | ina ŠU₂ ina GU IGI KUR 14 na in 16 IGI ŠE 14 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina zib{me} [ŠU₂] | first appearance in the west in Aquarius; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 14°; (ideal) first appearance on the 16th. Month IV, the 14th, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the east in Pisces |
| 6' | DIR.ŠE 18 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina zib{me} IGI 15 na in 14 IGI 29 GU₄.UD ina ⸢NIM⸣ [ina x ŠU₂] | Month XII₂, the 18th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Pisces; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15°; (ideal) first appearance on the 14th. The 29th?, Mercury's [last appearance] in the Swallow in |
| 7' | MU 8 GU₄ 6 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ.MAŠ IGI 16 na in 4 IGI GE₆ 14 USAN GU₄.UD SIG ⸢MAŠ⸣.[MAŠ-IGI] | Year 8, month II, the 6th, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Gemini; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16°; (ideal) first appearance on the 4th. Night of the 14th, first part of the night, Mercury was below α |
| 8' | 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ SIG 20 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ALLA ŠU₂ ŠU 15 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ALLA IGI 17 na [...] | Month III, the 20th, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the west in Cancer. Month IV, the 15th?, Mercury's first appearance in the east in Cancer; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 17° |
| 9' | NE 1 14 na ša₂ GU₄.UD in 3 ki 4 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina A ŠU₂ KIN 26 [GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂] | Month V, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 14°; Mercury, on the 3rd or 4th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Leo. Month VI, the 26th, Mer[cury's] |
| 10' | IGI DIB DU₆ 11 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂-šu₂ DIB 29 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina RIN₂ IGI KUR 15 [na ...] | (ideal) first appearance Month VII, the 11th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west, omitted. The 29th, Mer[cury's first appearance] in the east in Libra; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15° |
| 11' | APIN GE₆ 12 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 8 U GU₄.UD 8 U ana ⸢NIM⸣ [DIB ...] | Month VIII, night of the 12th, last part of the night, Mercury was 8 fingers above β Scorpii, Mercury having passed 8 fingers to the east |
| 12' | GU₄.UD ina NIM ina PA ŠU₂ AB 15 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina SAG GU IGI 15 na in 10+[x IGI ...] | Mercury’s [last appearance] in the east in Sagittarius. Month X, the 15th, Mercury's first appearance in the west in the beginning of Aquarius; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15°; (ideal) first appearance on the 10+[xth ...] |
| 13' | ZIZ₂ 7 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina SAG zib{me} ŠU₂ NU PAP 27 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina GU IGI 16 [na ...] | Month XI, the 7th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in the beginning of Pisces; I did not watch. The 27th?, Mercury's first appearance [in the east] in Aquarius; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16° |
| 14' | ŠE in 25 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL zib{me} ŠU₂ | Month IV, around the 25th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in the end of Pisces. |
| 15' | MU 9 GU₄ 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina SAG MAŠ.MAŠ IGI in 29 ša₂ BAR IGI GE₆ 20 ⸢USAN⸣ [GU₄.UD] | Year 9, month II, the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in the beginning of Gemini; (ideal) first appearance on the 29th of month I. Night of the 20th, first part of the night, Mercury |
| 16' | SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 USAN GU₄.UD SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [SIG x GU₄.UD] | 3 cubits [below] α Geminorum. Night of the 23rd, first part of the night, Mercury was 2 1⁄2 cubit[s] below 𝜗 Gemino[rum. Month III, the xth, Mercury’s] |
| 17' | ina ŠU₂ ina ALLA ŠU₂ NU PAP ŠU 10 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ALLA IGI KUR 15 na [...] | last appearance in the west in Cancer; I did not watch. Month IV, the 10th, Mercury’s [first appearance] in the east [in Cancer;] it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15° |
| 18' | 28 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ALLA ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP KIN 20 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ [IGI DIB DU₆ x GU₄.UD] | The 28th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Cancer; clouds, I did not watch. Month VI, the 20th, Mer[cury's first appearance] in the west, omitted. Month VII, [the xth,] Mercury |
| 19' | ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂-šu₂ DIB 25 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina RIN₂ IGI KUR 15 [na ...] | in the west, omitted. The 25th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Libra; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15° |
| 20' | GE₆ 4 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ [GE₆ x ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD e] | Night of the 4th, last part of the night, Mercury was 2/3 cubit above α Librae. [Night of the xth,] last part [of the night], Mercury was |
| 21' | SI₄ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ 30 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL [GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ ...] | The 30th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in the end of Scorpius ... |
| 22' | KUR 14 na ZIZ₂ 1 GU₄.[UD ina] ⸢ŠU₂ ina⸣ [x ŠU₂ x GU₄.UD ina NIM] | it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 14°. Month XI, the 1st, Mercury’s [first appearance] in the west in ... Month IV, the xth, Mercury's |
| 23' | ina GU IGI 18 [na ...] | first appearance in Aquarius; rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 18° ... |
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | MU 10 BAR 1 [...] | Year 10. Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month). |
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