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ADART 6 14 (X600014)
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| Designation | ADART 6 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600014 |
| Museum no. | BM 45787 + 46057 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ŠU GE₆ 5 ina ZALAG₂ GENNA e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA x KUŠ₃ x⸣ [...] | ... Month IV, night of the 5th, last part of the night, Saturn was x cubits above γ Geminorum ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI⸣ 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL UŠ APIN 30 GENNA ana ME E-a ZIZ₂ in EN 5 GENNA ana ⸢ŠU₂⸣ [...] | ... α Geminorum, being 1/2 cubit back to the west. Month VIII, the 30th, Saturn’s acronychal rising. Month XI, around until the 5th, when Saturn [became stationary] to the West |
| 3' | [MU] 26.KAM {i}se u {i}an LUGAL{meš} SIG 23 AN ina ALLA ŠU₂ KIN 28 AN ina ABSIN IGI 17 [...] | Year 26, kings of Seleucus and Anu. Month III, the 23rd, Mars’ last appearance in Cancer. Month VI, the 28th, Mars' first appearance in Virgo. The 17th, |
| 4' | [MU] 58.KAM {i}an-ti-ʾu-uk-su LUGAL BAR GE₆ 19 USAN AN e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-⸢MAŠ⸣.[MAŠ ...] | Year 58, king Antiochus. Month I, night of the 19th, first part of the night, Mars was above η Geminorum |
| 5' | [x x] ⸢AN⸣ e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 20 SI GU₄ GE₆ 1 USAN AN e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-[SIPA n n] | ... Mars was 20 fingers above μ Geminorum. Month II, night of the 1st, first part of the night, Mars was above [𝜗] Gemino[rum.] |
| 6' | [GE₆ x] ⸢USAN⸣ AN SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 USAN AN SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ [...] | [Night of the xth, first part of the night, Mars was] 3 1/2 cubits [below] α Geminorum. Night of the 23rd, first [part of the evening, Mars] was 2 1/2 [cubits] below a Gemi[norum ...] |
| 7' | ⸢e SA₄⸣-ša₂-ABSIN 1 5/6 KUŠ₃ APIN GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ AN e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [GE₆ x ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG] | 1 5/6 cubits [above] α Virginis. Month VIII, night of the 20th, last part of the night, Mars was 1/2 cubit above a Librae. [Night of the xth,] last part [of the night], Mars was below |
| 8' | ⸢RIN₂⸣-[ša₂]-⸢SI⸣ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GAN GE₆ 13 ina ZALAG₂ AN e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 5 [...] | 2 1⁄2 cubits [above] β Librae. Month IX, night of the 13th, last part of the night, Mars was 5? [fingers] above a Scorpii |
| 9' | e [SI₄ x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ AB GE₆ 8 ina ZALAG₂ AN e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 5/6 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [GE₆ x ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG SI-MAŠ₂] | [x]+1/2 cubits above α Scorpii. Month X, night of the 8th, last part of the night, Mars was 5/6 cubit below 𝜗 Ophiuchi. [Night of the xth,] last part [of the night], Mars was |
| 10' | 2 1/2 [KUŠ₃] ŠE.DIR GE₆ 7 ina ZALAG₂ AN e MUL₂-⸢IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂⸣ 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | Month XII2, night of the 7th, last part of the night, Mars was 1/2 cubit above γ Capricorni |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢MU⸣ 1.26.KAM {i}se LUGAL | “It is the 1 26th year of Seleucus, the king |
| 2' | DU₆ 12.20 ŠU₂ u na | Month VII, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus |
| 3' | 10 ME u GE₆ | 10° after sunset and sunset. |
| 4' | APIN 13.40 ŠU₂ u na | Month VIII, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜁 Capricorni. |
| 5' | 11 ME u GE₆ | 11° after sunset and sunset. |
| 6' | GAN 12.40 ŠU₂ u na | Month IX, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 7' | 12.50 ME u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ plus &U2018sunset to moonrise—: 12° 50' |
| 8' | AB 9.40 ŠU₂ u na | Month X, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 9' | 10.40 ME u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ plus &U2018sunset to moonrise—: 10° 40' |
| 10' | ZIZ₂ 10.30 ŠU₂ u na | Month XI, ‘moonset to sunr{I}se’ plus 𝜗 |
| 11' | ⸢x+30 ME⸣ u GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se-to-sunset’ plus black? |
| 12' | [ŠE x ŠU₂ u] ⸢na⸣ | Hand of ... and e22na’e23 |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | SIG 1 22 KUR₄ ⸢muš⸣ | Month III, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 22°; it was bright, |
| 2' | 14 8.30 ME muš | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 8° 30'; measured. |
| 3' | 14 3.30 ŠU₂ | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 3° 30'. |
| 4' | 15 4 GE₆ | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 4°. |
| 5' | 15 10 UŠ na muš | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 10°; measured. |
| 6' | 27 17 | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 17°. |
| 7' | ŠU 30 11 ma-diš SIG [...] | Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month); the 11th, it was faint. |
| 8' | 14 7 ŠU₂ [...] | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 7° |
| 9' | 15 2 ME a-kam ⸢muš⸣ | The 15th, moonrise to sunset: 2°; measured (despite) mist. |
| 10' | 15 9 na ⸢muš⸣ | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 9°. |
| 11' | 16 10+[x GE₆ ...] | The 16th, sunset to moonrise: 10+x° ... |
| 12' | 27 20+[x] | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 20+x°. |
| 13' | ⸢NE⸣ 1 20 ⸢ki⸣ [PAP NU IGI] | The 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 20°; E-e-23; I did not watch. |
| 14' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | [... {i}an-ti-ʾu]-⸢uk⸣-su A{meš} LUGAL | ... Antīlu-euk̂su, son of the king |
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