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ADART 6 8 (X600008)
Goal-year text, unclear
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| Designation | ADART 6 8 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600008 |
| Museum no. | BM 55519 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Goal-year 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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [ina a-mat {d}EN u] {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | At the command of Bel and Beltija may it go well. |
| o i | ||
| 1' | [MU 60+15.KAM {i}se LUGAL | Year 115, king of the lands. |
| 2' | [DU₆] 12.20 ŠU₂ u na | Month VII, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜁 Capricorni |
| 3' | 9.10 ME u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ plus &U2018sunset to moonrise—: 9° 10' |
| 4' | APIN 13 ŠU₂ u na | Month VIII, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus |
| 5' | 9 ME u GE₆ | 9° after sunset. |
| 6' | GAN 14.10 ŠU₂ u na | Month IX, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 7' | 9 ME u GE₆ | 9° after sunset. |
| 8' | AB 14.10 ŠU₂ u na | Month X, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 9' | 15.50 ME u GE₆ | 15° 50' after sunset. |
| 10' | ZIZ₂ 12 ŠU₂ u na | Month XI, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 11' | 14.20 ME u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ plus 𝜗 |
| 12' | ŠE 10.20 ŠU₂ u na | Hand of a Man: 10 20 |
| 13' | 14.50 ME u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ plus &U2018sunset to moonrise—: 14° 50' |
| 14' | ⸢MU⸣ 1.16.KAM {i}se LUGAL | “It is the 1 16th year of Seleucus, the king |
| 15' | [BAR x] 13.20 DIR NU PAP | Month I, the xth, moonrise to sunset: 13° 20'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ME | ... moonrise to sunset: |
| 17' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ | ... ešu-plant |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ŠU 30 12 a ma-diš SIG | Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 12°; mist, low |
| 2' | 13 2.30 ŠU₂ | 13th moonset to sunrise: 2° 30’ |
| 3' | 14 3.20 ME muš | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 3° 20'; measured. |
| 4' | 14 10.30 na muš | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 10° 30'; measured. |
| 5' | 15 14.50 GE₆ NU PAP | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 14° 50'; I did not watch. |
| 6' | 27 13.20 | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 13° 20'. |
| 7' | NE 1 15.30 | V 1: 15 30 |
| 8' | 12 9.10 ŠU₂ | The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 9° 10'. |
| 9' | 13 7.30 ME muš | The 13th, moonrise to sunset: 7° 30'; measured. |
| 10' | 13 5 na muš | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 5°, measured. |
| 11' | 14 5 GE₆ | The 14th, sunset to moonrise: 5°. |
| 12' | 27 14.30 | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 14° 30’. |
| 13' | KIN 30 8.10 ki PAP NU IGI | Month VI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 8° 10'; when I watched I did not see it. |
| 14' | 13 11.30 ME NU PAP | The 13th, moonrise to sunset: 11° 30'; I did not watch. |
| 15' | 13 2.20 ŠU₂ | 13th moonset to sunrise: 2° 20’ |
| 16' | 14 1.50 GE₆ | The 14th, sunset to moonrise: 1° 50'. |
| 17' | 14 14.30 na muš | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 14° 30'; measured. |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | 15 [...] | The 15th, |
| 2' | 27 ⸢x⸣ | 27 (tablets of) |
| 3' | GAN 1 ⸢x⸣ [...] | Month IX, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month). |
| 4' | 10+[x ...] | The 10+xth, ... |
| 5' | 10+[x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | The 10+[xth, ...] |
| 6' | 15 ⸢x⸣ [...] | The 15th, ... |
| 7' | 15 [...] | The 15th, |
| 8' | 20+[x] ⸢x⸣ | The 20+[xth,] ... |
| 9' | ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | 10+[x ...] | The 10+xth, ... |
| 11' | 10+[x ...] | The 10+xth, ... |
| 12' | 15 [...] | The 15th, |
| 13' | 16 7 [...] | (times) 16 is 7 00 |
| 14' | 28 11+[x] | The 28th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 11+x°. |
| 15' | ZIZ₂ 1 22 [...] | Month XI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 22° |
| 16' | 14 1.10 [...] | (times) 14 is 1 10 |
| 17' | 15 3 [...] | The 15th, 3 ... |
| 18' | 15 5 [...] | 15: 5 ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ dele-bat e ⸢MUL₂⸣ [...] | ... in the morning watch, Venus was above eta Tauri |
| 2' | [x] ⸢GE₆⸣ 29 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG SI-⸢MAŠ₂⸣ n n ...] | ... Night of the 29th, last part of the night, Venus was below β Capricorni |
| 3' | ⸢MU⸣ 48 {i}an u {i}⸢an⸣ [A-šu₂ LUGAL{meš} ...] | 48 ešumû-vessels of the Anu and Eanu rivers, sons of kings |
| 4' | ⸢in⸣ 19 IGI ⸢GU₄ x⸣ [...] | The 19th, first appearance. The xth, ... |
| 5' | ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [...] | “First part of the night, Mercury |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 9' | [MU 35 ...] ⸢SIG 25 [...] | Year 35 ⸢SIG 25 |
| 10' | [...] UŠ NU PAP ⸢GAN⸣ 21 ⸢GENNA ina MAŠ₂ ŠU₂⸣ ZIZ₂ 2 ⸢GENNA⸣ ina TIL ⸢MAŠ₂ IGI⸣ | ... first part of the night, I did not watch. Month IX, the 21st, Saturn’s last appearance in Capricorn. Month XI, the 2nd, Saturn's first appearance in the end of Gemini. |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ na-su in 20+⸢x⸣ [ša₂ AB] IGI ZIZ₂ GE₆ 10 ina ZALAG₂ GENNA e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 20 SI | rising of Saturn to sunrise: ...; (ideal) first appearance on the 20+xth of month X. Month XI, night of the 10th, last part of the night, Saturn was 20 fingers above δ Capricorni. |
| 12' | ⸢MU 15.KAM {i}se LUGAL NE in 24 AN ina ABSIN ŠU₂ {itu}ZIZ₂ in 25 AN ina GU IGI ŠE.DIR | Year 15, king Seleucus. Month V, around the 24th, Mars’ last appearance in Virgo. Month XI, around? the 25th?, Mars' first appearance in Aquarius. Month IV, |
| 13' | MU 46.KAM {i}an u {i}se LUGAL{meš} {itu}ŠE GE₆ 24 USAN AN ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 KUŠ₃ | Year 46, kings of Anu and Seleucus. Month IV, night of the 24th, first part of the night, Mars, while moving back to the east, was 2 cubits below β Geminorum. |
| 14' | MU 47.KAM BAR GE₆ 17 USAN AN e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-SI 4 SI i AN ana ŠU₂ LAL GE₆ 22 USAN [AN] | Year 47, month I, night of the 17th, first part of the night, Mars was 4 fingers above η Cancri, Mars being a little back to the west. Night of the 22nd, first [part of the evening, Mars] |
| 15' | SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-SI 1/2 KUŠ₃ GU₄ GE₆ 12 USAN AN SIG SAG-A 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ SIG GE₆ 1 USAN ⸢AN⸣ [e LUGAL n n] | 1/2 cubit below γ Cancri. Month II, night of the 12th, first part of the night, Mars was 4 1⁄2 cubits below e Leonis. Month III, night [of the 1st, first] part of [the night, Marduk was above ...] |
| 16' | GE₆ 12 USAN AN e MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 10 SI ŠU GE₆ 3 USAN AN SIG GIŠ.KUN-A n n] | Night of the 12th, first part of the night, Mars was 10 fingers above ϱ Leonis. Month IV, night of the 3rd, first [part of the] night, Ma[rs was ... below 𝜗 Leonis] |
| 17' | [GE₆ x]+5 USAN AN e GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 2 SI | [Night of the x]+5th, first part of the night, Mars was 2 fingers above β Scorpion. |
| 18' | [U₄ 1.KAM] IGI.DU₈.A{meš} DIB-qa{meš} u AN.KU₁₀{meš} ša₂ a-na MU 1.34.KAM {i}an [LUGAL] | First days, appearances, passings, and eclipses which were established for year 94, king I |
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