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ADART 6 63A (X600063)
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| Designation | ADART 6 63A |
|---|---|
| ID | X600063 |
| Museum no. | BM 34646 + 35026 |
| 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' | [MU 1 ME 16.KAM {i}an u {i]}an A-šu₂ LUGAL{meš} ŠU in EN 26 MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ki UŠ-u₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ | Year 116, kings of the east and west. Month IV, around until the 26th, when Jupiter became stationary to the east, it became stationary 2 1⁄2 cubits |
| 2' | [... ana ULU₃] ⸢SIG⸣ UŠ KIN in 27 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ME E-a APIN EN 26 MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a | low to the south. Month VI, around the 27th, Jupiter’s acronychal rising. Month VIII, until the 26th, when Jupiter became stationary to the west, |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ UŠ | ... the length |
| 4' | [MU 1 ME 4.KAM {i}an u {i}an] A-šu₂ LUGAL{meš} BAR GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.BABBAR SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 KUŠ₃ | Year 104, kings of the east and west. Month I, night of the 23rd, last part of the night, Jupiter was 4 cubits below β Arietis |
| 5' | [...] ⸢SIG⸣ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 5 KUŠ₃ APIN GE₆ 4 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ana ŠU₂ ina LAL-šu₂ SIG MUL₂-ar₂-[ša₂-SAG-HUN] | ... 5 cubits below β Arietis. Month VIII, night of the 4th, first part of the night, Jupiter, while moving back to the west, was 5? [cubits] below |
| 6' | n n AB GE₆] 10 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ana NIM ina LAL-šu₂ SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 KUŠ₃ | Month X, night of the 10th, first part of the night, Jupiter, while moving back to the east, was 4 cubits below α Arietis. |
| 7' | [MU 1 ME 15.KAM ša₂ ši-i MU 1 ME 60+19.⸢KAM⸣ {i}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL BAR GE₆ 4 USAN dele-bat e MAŠ.[MAŠ-ša₂-SIPA ...] | Year 115, which is year 179, king of Arsaces. Month I, night of the 4th, first part of the night, Venus was above γ Geminorum |
| 8' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GU₄ GE₆ 6 ⸢USAN⸣ [dele-bat] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 2 cubits below β Geminorum. Month II, night of the 6th, first part [of the night], Venus |
| 9' | [...] 2/3 KUŠ₃ SIG 28 8 na dele-bat | ... 2/3 cubit. Month III, the 28th, rising of Venus to sunrise: 8°. |
| 10' | [... ar₂ GU₄].⸢UD⸣ ana NIM 2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG IGI 9 ⸢na-su⸣ | it was 2 cubits behind Mercury to the east, being low to the south. The 9th, it was eclipsed |
| 11' | [...] dele-bat SIG LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ 4 SI | ... Venus was 1 cubit 4 fingers below α Leonis. |
| 12' | [... dele]-⸢bat⸣ SIG GIŠ.KUN-A 5 1/2 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 5 SI ana NIM DIB | ... Venus was 5 1/2 cubits below θ Leonis, Venus having passed 5 fingers to the east. |
| 13' | [... SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI]-⸢ABSIN⸣ 1/2 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 2 U ana NIM DIB | 1⁄2 cubit below γ Virginis, Venus having passed 2 fingers to the east. |
| 14' | [... APIN GE₆] 15 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1/2 [KUŠ₃] | Month VIII, night of the 15th, last part of the night, Venus was 1/2 cubit above α Librae |
| 15' | [... e MUL₂-e-ša₂]-⸢SAG⸣-GIR₂.TAB 4 U dele-bat 4 U ana ⸢EGIR⸣ [...] | 4 fingers above β Scorpii, Venus being 4 fingers to the rear ... |
| 16' | [... x]+1 KUŠ₃ AB GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ dele-⸢bat⸣ [...] | x+1 cubit Month X, night of the 22nd, last part of the night, Venus was |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [...] KUR NIM-a 16 na-⸢su⸣ [...] | ... it was bright (and) high, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16° |
| 19' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ GU₄.UD e ŠUR-GIGIR-⸢ša₂⸣-[ULU₃ n n] | ... first part of the night, Mercury was above ζ Tauri |
| 20' | [... GU₄].⸢UD⸣ e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-⸢MAŠ⸣.[MAŠ n n] | Mercury was above μ Geminorum. |
| 21' | [...] SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 4 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | ... 4 cubits below α Geminorum |
| 22' | [...] ⸢GU₄⸣.UD ina ŠU₂ ina TIL [MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂] | ... Mercury in the west in the end of Gemini |
| 23' | [... GE₆ x]+1 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.⸢UD⸣ [...] | [... Night of the x]+1st, last part of the night, Mercury was |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] DIR muš | ... measured (despite) clouds |
| 3' | [...] ⸢KUR⸣ muš | ... Ekur, snake |
| 4' | [... x]+11 na-su | ... sunset to setting of Mercury: x+11° |
| 5' | [... a]-kam muš | ... measured (despite) mist |
| 6' | 14 10 UŠ ME a-kam muš | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 10°; measured (despite) mist |
| 7' | 14 9 ŠU₂ | The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 9°. |
| 8' | 15 30 NINDA GE₆ DIR NU PAP | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 30'; clouds, I did not watch. |
| 9' | 15 5 na DIR muš | The 15th, sunrise to moonset: 5°; measured (despite) clouds. |
| 10' | 28 15 KUR a-kam muš | The 28th, moonrise to sunrise: 15°; measured (despite) mist. |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | 13 [...] | The 13th, |
| 2' | 14 [...] | The 14th, |
| 3' | 27 [x]+20 [...] | The 27th, ... 20 ... |
| 4' | ŠE 30 x⸣ [...] | Hand of 30 |
| 5' | 13 5 ŠU₂⸣ [...] | The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 5° |
| 6' | 14 1+[x] ME x [...] | The 14th, moonrise to sunset: 1+x° ... |
| 7' | 14 12.20+[x] na [...] | The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 12° 20+[x’ ...] |
| 8' | 15 16 GE₆ | The 15th, sunset to moonrise: 16°. |
| 9' | 27 17 KUR | The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 17°. |
| 10' | BAR 1 20 na-su | Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month,) sunset to moonset: 20°; |
| 11' | KUR₄ a-pir ⸢muš⸣ ana šamaš₂ SIG | it was bright, earthshine, emušu-stone low to the sun. |
| 12' | [...] DIB{meš} u AN.KU₁₀{meš} ša₂ ana MU 1.me.23.KAM | ... passings and eclipses which were established for year 123 |
| 13' | [ša₂ ši-i] ⸢MU⸣ 1 ME 1.27.KAM {i}ar-ša₂-ka-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ | From this (tablet:) “EMU’e23, 127th year of Arsaces, Šarru-e23. |
| 14' | kun-nu-⸢uʾ⸣ | |
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