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ADART 5 83 (X500086)
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| Designation | ADART 5 83 |
|---|---|
| ID | X500086 |
| Museum no. | BM 34944 |
| 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' | [e MAŠ].⸢MAŠ⸣-ša₂-⸢SIPA⸣ [...] | above “The mašmaṣši-esapi-e3-plant |
| 2' | [x x] GE₆ 6 USAN ⸢AN SIG⸣ MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 KUŠ₃⸣ [GE₆ x USAN AN e] | ... Night of the 6th, first part of the night, Mars was 2 cubits below β Geminorum. [Night of the xth,] first part [of the night], Mars was |
| 3' | [MUL₂]-⸢ar₂⸣-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ SIG 30 8 20 ⸢na AN x⸣ [x] | 2/3 cubit below δ Cancri. Month III, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 8°. The 20th, Mars was ... above |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢ALLA⸣ ŠU₂ ŠU 1 NE 1 KIN 1 DU₆ 11 AN ina SAG RIN₂ 2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ar₂⸣ | last appearance in E’allâ. Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) V°. Month V, the 2nd, Ululu. Month VII, the 11th, Mars was in the beginning of Libra, 2 cubits above β Virginis. |
| 5' | ⸢SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ ar₂ GU₄.UD ana NIM GUB IGI TUR 14 na-⸢su⸣ | 1 2/3 cubits behind Mercury to the east; it was small, rising of Saturn to sunrise: 14° |
| 6' | ⸢GE₆⸣ 25 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 SI AN 2 U ana NIM ⸢DIB⸣ | Night of the 25th, last part of the night, Mars was 2 fingers below α Librae, Mars being 2 fingers high to the east. |
| 7' | ⸢APIN⸣ 30 GE₆ 1 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG MUL₂.BABBAR 4 U AN i-ṣa ana NIM DIB [GE₆ x] | (Year) 30, night of the 1st, last part of the night, Mars was 4 fingers below Jupiter, Mars having passed a little to the east. [Night of the xth,] |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ AN SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG ⸢x⸣ [x x] | in the morning watch, Mars was 3 cubits below β Librae. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, Mars [was ... below ...] |
| 9' | n n] GAN 1 GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ AN e SI₄ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 18 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [AN] | Month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month). Night of the 2nd, last part of the night, Mars was 2 1/2 cubits above α Scorpii. Ni[ght of the 18th, in] the morning watch, Mars |
| 10' | [e MUL₂]-⸢KUR⸣-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2/3 KUŠ₃ AB 30 ZIZ₂ 30 GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ [AN] | 2/3 cubit above θ Ophiuchi. Month X, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 30°. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, Mars was |
| 11' | [SIG SI-MAŠ₂] 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 28 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG GENNA 4 KUŠ₃ ŠE 30 GE₆ [x] | 2 1⁄2 cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 28th, last part of the night, Mars was 4? [cubits] below Saturn. Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month). Ni[ght of the xth,] |
| 12' | [ina ZALAG₂ AN e] ⸢SUHUR⸣-IGI 10 SI <AN> i-ṣa ana NIM DIB GE₆ 14 ina ZALAG₂ AN e SUHUR-ar₂ 10 [x] | [last part of the night, Mars was] 10 fingers above γ Capricorni, Mars having passed a little to the east. Night of the 14th, last part [of the night], Mars was 10? [fingers] above ... |
| 13' | 2.3 BAR x GU₄] 30 SIG 1 GE₆ 14 ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | [(Year) 2, month I, ... Month II,] (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) Simanu. Night of the 14th, last part of the night, Mars was 3 cubits below η Piscium. |
| 14' | [GE₆ x ina ZALAG₂] ⸢AN⸣ SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ŠU⸣ 30 GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢AN⸣ | [Night of the xth, last part of the night, Mars was] 4 1/2 cubits [below β Arietis.] Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month). Night of the 2nd, [last part of] the night?, Mars |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x NE 1 GE₆ ⸢x⸣ [ina ZALAG₂] AN SIG MUL₂.⸢MUL₂⸣ [...] | ... Month V, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month). Night of the ..., last part of the night, Mars was below η Tauri |
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