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ADART 6 22 (X600022)
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| Designation | ADART 6 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600022 |
| Museum no. | BM 34149 |
| 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) |
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| 1' | [...] 21 ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.BABBAR e ⸢MUL₂⸣-[...] | ... The 21st, last part of the night, Jupiter was above η Tauri |
| 2' | [... e] ⸢MUL₂⸣-e-[ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB] ⸢x⸣ SI DIR.ŠE ⸢x x x x⸣ | ... above β Scorpii. Month XII₂, ... |
| 3' | [MU 1 ME 13.KAM KIN] ⸢DIR⸣ MU 1 ME 14.KAM {i}an u {i}an [A-šu₂] LUGAL{meš} BAR GE₆ 19 ina [ZALAG₂] dele-bat SIG MUL₂-KUR-⸢ša₂⸣-DUR-[nu-nu ...] | Year 113, month VI was intercalary. Year 114, Anu and Anu, subjects of kings. Month I, night of the 19th, last part of the night, Venus was below η Piscium |
| 4' | [...] dele-bat SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 5 KUŠ₃ GU₄ GE₆ 1+[x ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 6 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 15+[x ...] | ... Venus was 5 cubits below β Arietis. Month II, night of the 1+[xth, last part of the night, Venus was] 6 [cubits] [below] rho Leonis. Night of the 15+xth?, |
| 5' | [... ana NIM] DIB GE₆ 28 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ SIG ⸢GE₆⸣ 8 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 10+[x ...] | having passed ... to the east. Night of the 28th, last part of the night, Venus was 2 cubits above α Tauri. Month III, night of the 8th, [last part] of the [night, Venus] was 2 1⁄2? [cubits] below 𝜁 T[auri.] Night [of the 10+xth, ...] |
| 6' | [...]-ULU₃ 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ [dele-bat e] MUL₂-⸢IGI⸣-[ša₂]-⸢še⸣-[pit₂]-⸢MAŠ.MAŠ⸣ 3 ⸢SI⸣ GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-[...] | 1/2 cubit ... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, Venus was 3 fingers above η Geminorum. [Night] of the 21st?, [last part of (the night), Venus was] |
| 7' | [...] dele-bat e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 3 KUŠ₃ ŠU GE₆ [...] KUŠ₃ GE₆ 7 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.[MAŠ-IGI ...] | ... Venus was 3 cubits above γ Geminorum. Month IV, night ... cubit. Night of the 7th, last part of the night, Venus was below gamma Gemi[norum ...] |
| 8' | [... ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-⸢ša₂-ULU₃ x⸣ [... SIG SAG-A] 4 KUŠ₃ NE GE₆ 6 [...] | [... in] the morning watch, Venus was above δ Cancri. ... 4 cubits below 𝜗 Leonis. Month V, night of the 6th, |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SI GE₆ 13 ina [ZALAG₂ dele-bat x x x] ⸢x⸣ 6 SI KIN 13 7.30 ⸢na⸣ [dele-bat] ⸢in⸣ 15 dele-bat ina NIM [...] | ... β Scorpii. Night of the 13th, last part of the night, Venus was 6 fingers ... 6 fingers. Month VI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 7° 30’. The 15th, Venus' [first appearance] in the east |
| 10' | [...] dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina PA IGI [x x x] in 22 IGI ZIZ₂ GE₆ 18 USAN dele-[bat x] ⸢MUL₂⸣-KUR-ša₂-⸢DUR⸣-[nu-nu n n ...] | ... Venus’ first appearance in the west in Sagittarius ...; (ideal) first appearance on the 22nd. Month XI, night of the 18th, first part of the night, Venus was ... η Piscium |
| 11' | [...] USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 28 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-[ar₂-ša₂-SAG]-⸢HUN⸣ n n ŠE GE₆ x] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 3 1⁄2 cubits below β Arietis. Night of the 28th, first part [of the night], Venus was below a Aries. Month IV, night of the xth, |
| 12' | [USAN dele-bat] SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 25 USAN dele-bat e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ | first part of the night, Venus was 1 1⁄2 cubits below η Tauri. Night of the 25th, first part [of the night?,] Venus was 3? [cubits] above alpha Tauri |
| 13' | [MU 1.15.KAM] KIN DIR MU 1.16.KAM {i}se LUGAL BAR 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MUL₂.MUL₂ IGI GE₆ 6 ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | Year 115, month VI was intercalary. Year 116, king Seleucus. Month I, the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Taurus. Night of the 6th, first part of the night, ... |
| 14' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD SIG ŠUR-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 16 USAN GU₄.UD e ŠUR-ULU₃ 1 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | ... first part of the night, Mercury was 1 1⁄2 cubits below β Tauri. Night of the 16th, first part [of the night?, Mercury] was 1 1/2 [cubits] above 𝜗 Tauri |
| 15' | [... ina] ⸢NIM⸣ ina MAŠ.MAŠ IGI GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD [SIG] MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 5 KUŠ₃ 27 GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [ina NIM ina x ŠU₂] | ... first appearance in the east in Gemini. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, Mercury was 5 cubits below α Geminorum. The 27th, Mercury’s last appearance [in the east] in |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣ IGI 21 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN ŠU₂ KIN 24 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ABSIN [IGI ...] | ... first appearance ... The 21st, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Virgo. Month VI, the 24th, Mercury's [first appearance] in the east in [Virgo ...] |
| 17' | [...] 2 KUŠ₃ in 25 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina RIN₂ [ŠU₂ GAN] 10 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ₂ IGI [...] | ... 2 cubits. Around the 25th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Libra. Month IX, the 10th, Mer[cury's first appearance] in the west in Capricorn ... |
| 18' | [...] ⸢SI⸣-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ ZIZ₂ 24 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina GU [ŠU₂ ŠE] 26 GU₄.UD ina ⸢ŠU₂⸣ ina HUN IGI [...] | ... 2 cubits β Capricorni. Month XI, the 24th, Mercury’s [last appearance] in the east in Aquarius. Month IV, the 26th?, Mercury's first appearance in the west in Aries |
| 19' | [MU 1-šu+3.KAM {i}an LUGAL] BAR in EN 23 GENNA ana NIM ki ⸢UŠ⸣-u₂ 1 [KUŠ₃] ina ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | Year 3, king Antiochus. Month I, around until the 23rd, when Saturn became stationary to the east, it became stationary 1 cubit in front of eta Piscium |
| 20' | [...] NE in 22 GENNA ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a [ina] SAG MAŠ₂ ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | ... Month V, around the 22nd, when Saturn became stationary to the west, in the beginning of Capricorn, |
| 21' | [...] ina ZALAG₂ GENNA SIG SI-⸢MAŠ₂ x x⸣ [...] | ... last part of the night, Saturn was below β Capricorni ... |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] DIR | ... clouds |
| 2' | [...] NU IGI | ... I did not see |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] GE₆ | ... night |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...]⸢x⸣ | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ŠU 1 19 KUR₄ a-pir ⸢muš⸣ | Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 19°; it was bright, earthshine |
| 3' | 13 13 ŠU₂ | 13th moonset to sunrise: 13° |
| 4' | 14 2.30 ME muš | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 30'; measured. |
| 5' | 14 2.10 na muš | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 2° 10'; measured. |
| 6' | 15 10.30 GE₆ ⸢muš⸣ | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 10° 30'. |
| 7' | 27 17.30 muš | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 17° 30'; measured. |
| 8' | NE 1 18 ⸢na⸣-su ina GUB IGI KUR₄ muš ana šamaš₂ NIM | Month V, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 18°; its light could be seen while (the sun) stood there; it was bright, measured, it was high to the sun. |
| 9' | 13 7 [x]+20 ME muš | The 13th, moonrise to sunset: 7° 20'; measured. |
| 10' | 13 2 ŠU₂ muš | The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 2°, measured. |
| 11' | 14 1.30 GE₆ a muš | The 14th, sunset to moonrise: 1° 30'; measured (despite) mist. |
| 12' | 14 14 [na] muš | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 14°, measured. |
| 13' | [...] muš | ... snake |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | 12 [x ŠU₂ ...] | The 12th, moonset to sunrise: ... |
| 2' | 13 3+[x na ...] | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 3+x° ... |
| 3' | 14 3 ME [...] | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 3° |
| 4' | 15 7.50 [GE₆ ...] | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 7° 50' |
| 5' | 27 20.50 [...] | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 20° 50' |
| 6' | AB 1 23 KUR₄ DIR ⸢muš⸣ [x x] ana ⸢šamaš₂⸣ [x] | Month X, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 23°; it was bright, clouds ... to the ešamaš temple |
| 7' | 12 6.50 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP | The 12th, moonset to sunrise: 6° 50'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 8' | 13 9.50 ME DIR NU PAP | The 13th, moonrise to sunset: 9° 50'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 9' | 13 5.50 na DIR NU PAP | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 5° 50'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 10' | 14 3 GE₆ DIR NU PAP | The 14th, sunset to moonrise: 3°; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 11' | 27 9 DIR muš | The 27th, (moonrise to sunrise:) 9°; measured (despite) clouds. |
| 12' | ZIZ₂ 30 21 na-su KUR₄ a-pir muš ina GUB IGI | Month XI, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 21°; it was bright, earthshine, measured; it could be seen while (the sun) stood there. |
| 13' | [x]+1 3.50 ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP | [x]+1th moonset to sunrise: 3° 50'; clouds, I did not watch |
| 14' | [x] 4.10 ME DIR NU PAP | moonrise to sunset: 4° 10'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 15' | [x x]+4.50 na⸣ [...] | ... sunrise to moonset: [x]+4° 50' ... |
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