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ADART 6 31 (X600031)
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| Designation | ADART 6 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600031 |
| Museum no. | BM 34048 |
| 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 GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | By the command of Bel and my lady may it go well |
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢MU 1+šu⸣+4.KAM {i}an-ti-ʾu-uk-su LUGAL GU₄ 3 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ME E-a SIG EN 27 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a | Year 84, king Antiochus. Month II, the 3rd, Jupiter’s acronychal rising. Month III, until the 27th, when Jupiter became stationary to the west, |
| 2' | 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina IGI MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB UŠ APIN 9 14 na MUL₂.BABBAR in 12 MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ | it became stationary 1⁄2 cubit in front of β Scorpii. Month VIII, the 9th, rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 14°. Around the 12th, Jupiter’s last appearance in Scorpion. |
| 3' | GAN 14 MUL₂.BABBAR ina TIL GIR₂.TAB IGI TUR 13 na-su in 12 IGI DIR.ŠE in EN 19 MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM | Month IX, the 14th, Jupiter’s first appearance in the end of Scorpius; it was small, rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 13°; (ideal) first appearance on the 12th. Month XII₂, around until the 19th, when Jupiter |
| 4' | ki UŠ-⸢u₂⸣ ar₂ 4-AM₃ ar₂{meš} ša₂ PA UŠ ŠE DIR | When it began on the east side, it rose 4 fingers behind the four ... of Sagittarius. Month IV was intercalary. |
| 5' | MU 52.KAM {i}an LUGAL BAR GE₆ 13 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ina LAL-šu₂ ana MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB TE NE GE₆ 27 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ | Year 52, king of Araḫsamna. Month I, night of the 13th, first part of the night, Jupiter, while moving back to the west, approached Scorpius. Month V, night? of the 27th?, first [part of the evening, Jupiter was] |
| 6' | SIG MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 6 SI DU₆ GE₆ 8 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR e SI₄ 3 KUŠ₃ | 6 fingers below β Scorpii. Month VII, night of the 8th, first part of the night, Jupiter was 3 cubits above 𝜗 Scorpium. |
| 7' | MU 1 ME 27.KAM {i}se-lu-ku LUGAL BAR GE₆ 4 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 4 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 10 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat | Year 127, king Seleucus. Month I, night of the 4th, last part of the night, Venus was 4 cubits below η Piscium. Night of the 10th, [last part of] the night?, Venus |
| 8' | SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 5 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 14 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 6 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 30 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat | 5 cubits [below] β Arietis. Night of the 14th, last part of the night, Venus was 6? [cubits] below 𝜁 Arie[tis]. Night of [the 30th,] last part [of the night], Venus was |
| 9' | SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GU₄ GE₆ 10 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e is-le₁₀ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 3 KUŠ₃ | it was 2 cubits below η Tauri. Month II, night of the 10th, last part of the night, Venus was 2 [cubits] above 𝜗 Tauri?. Night of the 19th, [last part] of the [night, Venus] was 3 cubit[s] below a Tauri |
| 10' | SIG 20 7.30 na dele-bat in 22 dele-bat ina ⸢NIM⸣ ina ALLA ŠU₂ KIN 1 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina SAG RIN₂ IGI TUR 8 na-su | Month III, the 20th, rising of Venus to sunrise: 7° 30'. Around the 22nd, Venus’ last appearance in the east in Cancer. Month VI, the 1st, Venus' [first appearance] in the west in the beginning of Libra; it was small, sunset to setting of Venus: 8ʰ. |
| 11' | APIN GE₆ 20 USAN dele-bat SIG SI-MAŠ₂ [x]+1 KUŠ₃ GAN GE₆ 3 USAN dele-bat e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 4 SI | Month VIII, night of the 20th, first part of the night, Venus was [x]+1 cubits below β Capricorni. Month IX, night [of the 3rd, first] part of [the night], Venus was 4 fingers above 𝜗 Ophiuchi. |
| 12' | GE₆ 5 USAN dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 4 SI AB GE₆ 30 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 2 KUŠ₃ | [Night of the 5th, first part of the night, Venus was] 4 fingers above δ Capricorni. Month X, night of the 30th?, first [part of the evening, Venus] was 2 cubits below 𝜗 Piscium. |
| 13' | ZIZ₂ GE₆ 6 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 10 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 KUŠ₃ | Month XI, night of the 6th?, first part of the night, Venus was 3 cubits below β Arietis. Night of the 10th, first [part of the] night, [Venus was] 4 [cubits] [below] 𝜗 Arie[tis]. |
| 14' | GE₆ 29 USAN dele-bat SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 2/3 KUŠ₂ ŠE GE₆ 10 USAN dele-bat e is-le₁₀ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 USAN dele-bat | Night of the 29th, first part of the night, Venus was 2/3 cubit below η Tauri. Month IV, night of the 10th, [first part] of the [night,] Venus was 3 cubits above 𝜗 Tauri?. Ni[ght of the 23rd], first part [of the night], Venus was |
| 15' | SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 26 USAN dele-bat e ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | 1⁄2 cubit below β Tauri. Night of the 26th, first part of the night, Venus was 2 1/2 cubits above 𝜁 Tauri |
| 16' | MU 1.29.KAM {i}se LUGAL BAR GE₆ 9 USAN GU₄.UD ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] GE₆ 11 USAN GU₄.UD | Year 89, king Seleucus. Month I, night of the 9th, first part of the night, Mercury was e22x⸣ ... Night of the 11th, [first part] of the evening, Mercury |
| 17' | [e ŠUR]-⸢GIGIR⸣-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ [x]+3 USAN [...] | 2 cubits above ζ Tauri. Night of the [x]+3rd, first part of the night, |
| 18' | [e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂]-⸢še-pit₂⸣-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | 1 1/2 cubits above μ Geminorum |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [ŠE x] ⸢ŠU₂ na⸣ | Hand of x |
| 2' | 15.40 ME GE₆ | ‘moonr{I}se to sunset’ (plus) 𝜗 |
| 3' | MU 1 ME 17.KAM | Year 117, |
| 4' | GU₄ 28 šamaš₂ AN.KU₁₀ | Month II, the 28th, solar eclipse |
| 5' | A₂ ULU₃ ki TAB-u₂ | when it began on the south side, |
| 6' | 4 SI (x) GAR-an | it made 4 fingers. |
| 7' | in 2 DANNA ME NIM-a | At 2 bēru after sunrise. |
| 8' | SIG 13 AN.KU₁₀ sin BAR DIB | Month III, the 13th, lunar eclipse, BAR, omitted. |
| 9' | in 15 ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | At 15° before sunset. |
| 10' | APIN GE₆ 15 AN.KU₁₀ sin | Month VIII, night of the 15th, lunar eclipse |
| 11' | 5 AB₂ BAR DIB | (after) 5 months, BAR, omitted. |
| 12' | in 45 GE₆ GIN | At 45° after sunset. |
| 13' | ⸢GE₆ 29 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ | Night of the 29th, solar eclipse |
| 14' | [x] DIB in 1.31 | ..., omitted. At 81° |
| 15' | GE₆ GIN | after sunset. |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | 13 [x ŠU₂ ...] | The 13th, moonset to sunrise: ... |
| 2' | 14 1 ⸢ME a⸣-[kam muš] | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 1°; measured (despite) mist. |
| 3' | 14 4.30 na ⸢muš⸣ | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 4° 30'. |
| 4' | 15 11 GE₆ muš | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 11°, measured. |
| 5' | 27 17 KUR muš | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 17°; measured. |
| 6' | ŠU 30 25 na-su SIG muš ana šamaš₂ SIG | Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 25°, it was faint, measured; it was low to the sun. |
| 7' | 14 6.50 ME muš | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 6° 50'; measured. |
| 8' | 14 3.20 ŠU₂ muš | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 3° 20'; measured. |
| 9' | 15 4 GE₆ muš | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 4°, measured. |
| 10' | 15 10 UŠ na muš | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 10°; measured. |
| 11' | 28 13 KUR muš | The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 13°; measured. |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | 15 10+[x x] | 15 10+x x |
| 2' | 27 15 KUR muš | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 15°; measured. |
| 3' | APIN 30 12 a-kam muš ma-diš SIG | Month VIII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 12°; measured (despite) mist; it was faint. |
| 4' | 14 8.20 ŠU₂ DIR muš | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 8° 20'; measured (despite) clouds. |
| 5' | 15 2.30 ME DIR NU PAP | The 15th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 30'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 6' | 15 7 na DIR muš | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 7°; measured (despite) clouds. |
| 7' | 16 6 GE₆ ⸢DIR⸣ [muš] | The 16th, sunset to moonrise: 6°; measured. |
| 8' | 28 9.40 [KUR] | The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 9° 40'. |
| 9' | ki ⸢PAP⸣ NU ⸢IGI⸣ | from “PAP’e,' not 'EPIGI.E' |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | ⸢x 10 UŠ KUR⸣ [...] | 10 UŠ, land of ... |
| 2' | ŠE 30 12+[x ...] | Month IV, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) 12+x° ... |
| 3' | 12 8 [ŠU₂ ...] | 12th moonset to sunrise: 8° |
| 4' | 13 2.20+[x na ...] | The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 2° 20+x’ ... |
| 5' | 14 2.40+[x ME ...] | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 40+[x' ...] |
| 6' | 15 15.10 ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 15° 10' |
| 7' | [x] 18.30 ⸢KUR DIR x⸣ | [The xth,] moonrise to sunrise: 18° 30'; clouds, |
| 8' | [a]-⸢kam⸣ u ⸢DIR⸣ NU PAP | I did not watch the āšû-day nor the ēru-day. |
| 9' | U₄ 1.KAM IGI{meš} ⸢DIB⸣{meš} ⸢u AN⸣.KU₁₀{meš} ša₂ ana MU 1.me.35.KAM {i}se-lu-ku LUGAL kun-nu-[uʾ] | First days, appearances, passings, eclipses, which were established for year 137, king Seleucus. |
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