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ADART 6 51 (X600051)
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| Designation | ADART 6 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600051 |
| Museum no. | BM 45794 + 45834 |
| 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' | [... DELE-ša₂]-⸢IGI⸣-ABSIN ⸢x⸣ [...] | DELEša-eGI-eABSIN |
| 2' | [MU 1 ME 1+ŠU.KAM {m}de-met-ri] LUGAL BAR 26 10 UŠ ⸢na dele-bat in x dele-bat⸣ ina ŠU₂ ina [x ŠU₂ ...] | Year 121, king Demetrius. Month I, the 26th, 10° first appearance. Around the xth, Venus’ last appearance in the west in |
| 3' | [... na]-⸢su⸣ in 9 IGI SIG GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 3 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] | (ideal) first appearance on the 9th. Month III, night of the 18th, last part of the night, Venus was 3 1/2 cubits below β Tauri |
| 4' | [... SIG] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 9 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-⸢še⸣-[pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ ...] | 1 cubit [below] η Geminorum. Night of the 9th, last part of the night, Venus was below 𝜗 |
| 5' | [... x]+2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 4 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 27 ⸢ina ZALAG₂⸣ [...] | [... x]+2 cubits. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, Venus was 4 1⁄2 [cubits] below α Geminorum. Ni[ght of the 27th,] last part [of the night?, ...] |
| 6' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG SAG-⸢A⸣ [...] | ... 1⁄2 cubit δ Cancri. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, Venus was below epsilon Leonis |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG <MUL₂>-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-{mul₂}LUGAL 1 SI TE GE₆ 12 [...] | ... last part of the night, Venus was 1 finger below ϱ Leonis, it came close. Night of the 12th, |
| 8' | [... GIR₃-ar₂]-⸢ša₂⸣-A TE ana 1-en MUL₂ GUR{meš} DU₆ GE₆ 3 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG [...] | ... Scorpius came close; it turned into one star. Month VII, night of the 3rd, last part of the night, Venus was below |
| 9' | [...] ⸢APIN⸣ GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 8 [SI ...] | ... Araḫsamnu. Night of the 2nd, last part of the night, Venus was 8 fingers above α Librae |
| 10' | [...] e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB x] ⸢x GE₆ 20+x ina⸣ ZALAG₂ dele-bat e SI₄ 2 2/3 KUŠ₃ GAN [...] | ... above β Scorpii. ... Night of the 20+[xth, last part of the night, Venus was] 2 2/3 cubits [above] 𝜗 Ophiuchi. Month IX, |
| 11' | [... ina] NIM ina SAG GU ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP ŠE 29 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina HUN ⸢IGI⸣ x [...] | ... last appearance in the east in the beginning of Aquarius; clouds, I did not watch. Month IV, the 29th, Venus’ [first appearance] in the west in Aries ... |
| 12' | [MU 1 ME 22.KAM {i]}⸢an⸣ LUGAL BAR 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MUL₂.MUL₂ IGI NU PAP GE₆ 5 USAN [...] | Year 122, king Antiochus. Month I, the 2nd, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Taurus; I did not watch. Night of the 5th, first part of the night, |
| 13' | [...] GU₄.UD SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 15 USAN GU₄.UD e [ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ ...] | ... Mercury was 1 1/2 cubits below β Tauri. Night of the 15th, first part of the night, Mercury was above 𝜁 Tauri |
| 14' | [... GU₄].⸢UD⸣ e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 ⸢USAN⸣ [...] | [... Mercury was] 1 1/2 cubits above η Geminorum. Night of the 23rd, first part of the night, |
| 15' | [...] e MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA 4 KUŠ₃ GU₄ 8 GU₄.UD⸣ ina ŠU₂ ina ⸢x⸣ ŠU₂ [...] | ... 4 cubits above γ Geminorum. Month II, the 8th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in ... |
| 16' | [...] ⸢na⸣-su in 10 IGI GE₆ 20 [...] | ... first appearance on the 10th. Night of the 20th, |
| 17' | [...] ⸢GU₄⸣.UD ina NIM ina ⸢RIN₂⸣ [IGI ...] | ... Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Libra |
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