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ADART 6 61 (X600061)
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| Designation | ADART 6 61 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600061 |
| Museum no. | BM 34969 + 35467 |
| 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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [MU 1 ME 2.KAM {i}an] LUGAL KIN ⸢GE₆⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | Year 122, king Anu. Month VI, night ... ... |
| 3' | [... x]+15 USAN ⸢MUL₂⸣.BABBAR [...] | ... the x+15th, first part of the night, Jupiter was |
| 4' | [MU 1 ME 13.KAM ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ME 1.17.[KAM {i}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL ...] | Year 113, which is year 171, king of Arsaces |
| 5' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 [KUŠ₃ ...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 3 cubits below β Geminorum |
| 6' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat SIG SAG-A 3 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 3 1/2 cubits below ε Leonis |
| 7' | [...] USAN dele-bat e MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-⸢KUŠ₃⸣-[ar₂-LUGAL n n ...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was above ϱ Leonis |
| 8' | [...] USAN dele-bat SIG GIŠ.KUN-⸢A⸣ n n] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was below θ Leonis. ... ... |
| 9' | [...] USAN dele-bat SIG DELE-ša₂-⸢IGI⸣-[ABSIN] 1 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit below γ Virginis ... |
| 10' | [...] USAN dele-bat SIG ⸢RIN₂⸣-[ša₂]-ULU₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ KIN [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 2/3 cubit below α Librae. Month VI, |
| 11' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat ⸢SIG⸣ [MUL₂]-MURUB₄-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 10 SI ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 10 fingers below δ Scorpii. ... |
| 12' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA [...] | ... eta Piscium |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x KUR NIM⸣-a 8 ⸢na⸣ [...] | ... rising of Mercury to sunrise: 8° |
| 14' | [...] dele-bat e MUL₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... Venus was above η |
| 15' | [MU 1 ME 38.KAM] {i}an u {i}⸢an⸣ [...] | Year 138, the Euphrates and Eana |
| 16' | [MU 1 ME 39.KAM] {i}an u {i}[an ...] | Year 139, “Anu and Anu |
| 17' | [...] ⸢GU₄.UD SIG⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... Mercury, yellow-green ... |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] SIG LUGAL 1 [KUŠ₃ ...] | ... ... 1 cubit below ... |
| 19' | [... ina] ⸢ABSIN⸣ IGI KUR 15 na-su in [x IGI ...] | first appearance in Virgo; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15°; [(ideal) first appearance] on [the xth ...] |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ki PAP NU IGI DU₆ 17 GU₄.UD [...] | ... when I watched I did not see it. Month VII, the 17th, Mercury |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] KUŠ₃ ⸢APIN⸣ [x] GU₄.UD ina NIM ina GIR₂.TAB 1 KUŠ₃ ar₂ MUL₂-⸢e⸣-[ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB ...] | ... ... cubits ... Araḫsamnu ... Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Scorpius, 1 cubit behind β Scorp[ii ...] |
| 22' | [...] ⸢na⸣-su in 13 IGI GAN GE₆ 1 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD e SI₄ 3 KUŠ₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... its first appearance on the 13th. Month IX, night of the 1st, last part of the night, Mercury was 3 cubits above α Scorpii. ... |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 1 KUŠ₃ 29 ŠU₂ ša₂ GU₄.UD ina NIM ina PA TA 26 ki PAP NU ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | ... 1 cubit. The 29th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Sagittarius; from the 26th, when I watched I did not see it ... |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x⸣ na-su in 27 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina zib{me} ŠU₂ NU PAP ŠE 20 GU₄.UD [ina NIM ...] | ... sunset to setting of Mercury: ...; around the 27th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Pisces; I did not watch. Month IV, the 20th?, Mercury's [first appearance] in the east |
| 25' | [...] ⸢x IGI KUR⸣ 16 na-su in 17 IGI | first appearance [in the east ...]; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16°; (ideal) first appearance on the 17th. |
| 26' | [MU 1 ME 26.KAM ... GU₄ (x)] 27 GENNA ana NIM ki-i UŠ-u₂ ina TIL GU 4 KUŠ₃ ar₂ ⸢MUL₂⸣.[BABBAR ...] | [Year 126, ...] Month II, the 27th, when Saturn became stationary to the east, it became stationary in the end of Aquarius, 4 cubits behind Jupiter |
| 27' | [...] GENNA ana ME E-a DU₆ EN 21 GENNA ana ŠU₂ ki-[i] ⸢UŠ⸣-[a ...] | ... Saturn’s acronychal rising. Month VII, until the 21st, when Saturn became stationary to the west, |
| 28' | [...] ⸢x ŠE⸣ 30 GENNA ina SAG zib{me} 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ina IGI MUL₂ x⸣ [... IGI ...] | ... Month IV, the 30th, Saturn’s first appearance in the beginning of Pisces, 1⁄2 cubit in front of ... ... |
| 29' | [...] in EN 26+x AN ana NIM ki-i ⸢UŠ⸣-[u₂ ...] | ... around until the 26+xth, when Mars became stationary to the east, |
| r i | ||
| 1-3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ME NIM | ... after sunrise. |
| 5' | [... x]+1 ME NU PAP | ... moonrise to sunset: x+1°; I did not watch. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 6 SI | ... 6 fingers |
| 7' | [...] ŠU₂-im | ... hand |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x IGI⸣ | ... first appearance ... |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ME⸣ ana ŠU₂ ⸢šamaš₂⸣ | ... to the hand of Šamaš |
| 10' | [... x]+20 ME DIR NU [PAP] | ... moonrise to sunset: x+20'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 11' | [...] 5 ITU BAR DIB | ... 5 months, BAR, omitted. |
| 12' | [in x]+1 GE₆ GIN | At x+1° after sunset. |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | GU₄ 30 10+[x ...] | II 30 10+[x ...] |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | 14 2 ⸢ŠU₂⸣ | The 14th, 2 turtledoves |
| 4' | 15 2.30 [ME] | The 15th, moonrise to sunset: 2° 30'. |
| 5' | 15 [x na ...] | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: ... |
| 6' | 16 [x GE₆ ...] | The 16th, sunset to moonrise: ... |
| 7' | 27 ⸢x⸣ [...] | The 27th, ... |
| 8' | ⸢SIG⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ a-kam [...] | “Babylonian ... ..., ... mist |
| 9' | 14 [x ŠU₂] muš | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: ..., measured. |
| 10' | 15 [x] ME muš | The 15th, moonrise to sunset: [x°], measured. |
| 11' | 15 [x] na ⸢muš⸣ | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: ...; |
| 12' | 16 [x] ⸢GE₆ x⸣ | The 16th, sunset to moonrise: ... |
| 13' | [...] | |
| 14' | ⸢ŠU 1 12+[x ...] | IV 1 12+[x ...] |
| 15' | 14 1 [ŠU₂ ...] | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 1° |
| 16' | 15 1+[x ME ...] | The 15th, moonrise to sunset: 1+x° ... |
| 17' | 15 ⸢x⸣ [na ...] | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: ... |
| 18' | 16 8 GE₆ | The 16th, sunset to moonrise: 8°. |
| 19' | 27 10+[x ...] | The 27th, 10+x° ... |
| 20' | U₄ 1.KAM ⸢IGI⸣.[DU₈.A{meš} ...] | 1st day, ēmû-priests |
| 21' | ša₂ ana ⸢MU 1 ME⸣ 1.25.KAM {i}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL kun-nu-uʾ] | which is established for year 125, king of the Arsaces. |
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