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ADART 6 60 (X600060)
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| Designation | ADART 6 60 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600060 |
| Museum no. | BM 34292 + 34388 (+) 34359 |
| 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] | By the command of Bel and Beltija may it go well |
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢MU⸣ 1 ME 13.KAM {i}an ⸢u⸣ {[i}an A-šu₂ LUGAL{meš} ...] | 123rd year. “Ištar, the son of King |
| 2' | MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a ina TIL ⸢PA⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [... GAN] | when Jupiter became stationary to the west, it was in the end of Sagittarius ... |
| 3' | in 12 MUL₂.BABBAR ina MAŠ₂ ŠU₂ AB ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | Around the 12th, Jupiter’s last appearance in Capricorn. Month X, ... |
| 4' | MU 60+41.KAM {i}an LUGAL GAN GE₆ [... SIG] SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ ZIZ₂ GE₆ 25 [ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.BABBAR] | [Year 81,] king of the ‘Ašpītu’. Month IX, night 2 cubits below gamma Capricorni. Month XI, night of the 25th, last part of the night, Jupiter was |
| 5' | e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1/2 [KUŠ₃ x (x)] ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1/2 KUŠ₃ | it was 1/2 cubit above γ Capricorni. ... Jupiter was 1⁄2 cubit [above] 𝜗 Carchemish. |
| 6' | MU 1 ME 12.KAM ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ⸢ME⸣ 60+16.KAM {i}ar-ša₂]-⸢ka⸣-a LUGAL BAR 17 12 na dele-bat | Year 121, that is year 76, king of Arsaces. Month I, the 17th, rising of Venus to sunrise: 12°. |
| 7' | in 22 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina MUL₂.MUL₂ [ŠU₂ ...] ⸢MUL₂⸣.MUL₂ IGI KUR 9 na-su in 1 IGI | Around the 22nd, Venus’ last appearance in the west in Taurus; it was bright, rising of Venus to sunrise: 9°; (ideal) first appearance on the 1st. |
| 8' | [SIG] ⸢GE₆⸣ 1 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat ⸢e x⸣ [... dele]-⸢bat⸣ SIG ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 4 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 22+[x] | Month III, night of the 1st, last part of the night, Venus was ... above ... Venus was 4 cubits below β Tauri. Night of the 22+xth, |
| 9' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣-IGI-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ [...] | ... 1 cubit η Geminorum. Night |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [... dele-bat e MAŠ.MAŠ]-ša₂-SIPA 2 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 4 [...] | ... the xth, Venus was 2 cubits above γ Geminorum, Venus being 4? |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ GE₆ 7 [ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG] MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... ... Night of the 7th, last part of the night, Venus was 3 1/2 cubits below β Geminorum. ... |
| 12' | [... dele-bat SIG MAŠ].⸢MAŠ⸣-IGI 4 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | Venus was 4 1/2 cubits below α Geminorum |
| 13' | [MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂]-⸢ULU₃⸣ 1/2 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 2 U ana [...] | 1⁄2 cubit δ Cancri, Venus being 2 fingers to |
| 14' | [... dele]-bat 2 U ana NIM DIB KIN x [...] | ... Venus having passed 2 fingers to the east. Month VI, ... |
| 15' | [SIG GIŠ].⸢KUN⸣-A 5 KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat [...] | 5 cubits below θ Leonis. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, Venus was |
| 16' | SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃ dele-bat 4 U ana ŠU₂ LAL [...] | 2/3 cubit below γ Virginis, Venus being 4 fingers back to the west |
| 17' | GE₆ 27 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 2/3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | Night of the 27th, last part of the night, Venus was 2/3 cubit above α Librae |
| 18' | GE₆ 12 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB n n ...] | Night of the 12th, last part of the night, Venus was above β Scorpii |
| 19' | GE₆ 27 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-[šil-PA ...] | Night of the 27th, last part of the night, Venus was above θ Ophiuchi |
| 20' | ŠE 28 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina HUN IGI 7 ⸢na⸣ [...] | Month IV, the 28th, Venus’ first appearance in the west in Aries. The 7th, eštar |
| 21' | MU 1 ME 38.KAM {i}an u {i}an A-šu₂ [LUGAL{meš} ...] | Year 138, kings Anu and Anu, his son |
| 22' | [x x x] ŠU₂-šu₂ DIB SIG [x] ⸢GU₄.UD⸣ [...] | ..., omitted. Month III, ... Mercury |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | GE₆ [...] | Night |
| 2' | AN.⸢KU₁₀⸣ [...] | An eclipse |
| 3' | 1.27 [x ...] | 1 27 ... |
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