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ADART 6 81 (X600082)
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| Designation | ADART 6 81 |
|---|---|
| ID | X600082 |
| Museum no. | BM 35719 |
| 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) |
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| 1' | [...] IGI ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ... before ... ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢USAN⸣ dele-bat e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃⸣ GE₆ 18 USAN dele-bat SIG [SAG-A ...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 1 1/2 cubits above δ Cancri. Night of the 18th, first part [of the night], Venus was below 𝜗 Leonis |
| 3' | [...] USAN dele-bat e MUL₂-TUR-ša₂-4-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 2/3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 13 USAN [...] | ... first part of the night, Venus was 2/3 cubit above ϱ Leonis. Night of the 13th, first part [of the night ...] |
| 4' | [... GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂]-⸢A⸣ 5 SI ŠU GE₆ 9 USAN dele-bat SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 22 USAN ⸢dele⸣-[bat ...] | 5 fingers [... β] Scorpii. Month IV, night of the 9th, first part of the night, Venus was 2 cubits below gamma Virginis. Night of the 22nd, first [part of the evening,] Venus was |
| 5' | [...]+15 dele-bat ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN ŠU₂ KIN 15 dele-bat ina NIM ina ABSIN IGI 9 na-su in 13 IGI DU₆ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | ...+15°, Venus’ last appearance in the west in Virgo. Month VI, the 15th, Venus' first appearance [in the east] in [Virgo; rising of Venus to sunrise:] 9ư; (ideal) first appearance on the 13th. Month VII, night of the xth, ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢SI⸣ APIN GE₆ 19 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e RIN₂-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 24 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ [dele]-bat SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI 2 KUŠ₃ [...] | ... the north wind. Month VIII, night of the 19th, last part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above α Librae. Night of the 24th, in the morning watch, [Venus was] 2 cubits below 𝜗 Librae |
| 7' | [... dele-bat e MUL₂-e-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂].TAB 2/3 KUŠ₃ dele-bat 6 SI ana ŠU₂ LAL GE₆ 13 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e SI₄ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-KUR-[ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA n n ...] | [... Venus was] 2/3 cubit [above] β Scorpii, Venus being 6 fingers back to the west. Night of the 13th, last part of the night, Venus was 3 1⁄2 cubits above &U01d1 Ophiuchi. [Night] of the 23rd, last [part of the ni]ght, [Venus was ... above a Tauri ...] |
| 8' | [...] ⸢SIG⸣ SI-MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 15 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat e MUL₂-⸢ar₂⸣-[ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ n n ...] | ... 2 cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 15th, last part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above 𝜗 Geminorum. Ni[ght of the 17th,] last part [of the night], Venus was above eta Piscium |
| 9' | [MU 1 ME 60+16.KAM {i]}⸢ar⸣-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL BAR in 11 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ŠU₂ DIR NU PAP GU₄ 23 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina TIL MUL₂.MUL₂ IGI ⸢x⸣ [...] | [Year 1]76, king Arsaces. Month I, around the 11th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Taurus; clouds, I did not watch. Month II, the 23rd, Mercury's [first appearance] in the east in the end of Taurus, ... |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ 29 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina MAŠ.MAŠ ŠU₂ NU PAP ŠU 2 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina A IGI 15 na-su in 1 IGI NE in [...] | ... Month XII, the 29th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Gemini; I did not watch. Month IV, the 2nd, Mercury's first appearance [in the west] in Leo; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 15°; (ideal) first appearance on the 1st. Month V, around |
| 11' | [...] KIN 1 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ABSIN 2 KUŠ₃ 8 SI ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A IGI KUR NIM-a 17 na-su in 27+[x ša₂ NE IGI ...] | ... Month VI, the 1st, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Virgo, 2 cubits 8 fingers behind β Scorpion; it was bright (and) high, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 17°; (ideal) first appearance on the 27+xth of month V ... |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ GU₄.UD ina NIM ina SAG RIN₂ ŠU₂ APIN 19 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina PA IGI 16 na-su in 18 IGI in [...] | ... ... Mercury’s last appearance in the east in the beginning of Libra. Month VIII, the 19th, Mercury's [first appearance] in the west in Sagittarius; rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16°; (ideal) first appearance on the 18th; around |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ GU₄.UD ina NIM ina PA ⸢x x⸣ ina IGI dele-bat ana ŠU₂ IGI KUR ⸢x⸣ na-su in 15 IGI AB GE₆ 15 [...] | ... Mercury’s [first appearance] in the east in Sagittarius. ... first appearance in front of Venus to the west; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: ...; (ideal) first appearance on the 15th. Month X, night of the 1[5th, ...] |
| 14' | [...] 5 [x] ⸢x x x ŠE 5 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina HUN 3 KUŠ₃ SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN IGI ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... The 5th?, ... ... Month IV, the 5th, Mercury’s first appearance in the west in Aries, 3 cubits below β Arietis. ... |
| 15' | [... MUL₂-x-ša₂]-⸢SAG-HUN⸣ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 9 USAN GU₄.UD SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-[HUN n n ...] | 3 cubits ... β Arietis. Night of the 9th, first part of the night, Mercury was below 𝜁 Arie[tis ...] |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢SIG⸣ 13 GENNA ina SAG MAŠ.MAŠ 1 2/3 KUŠ₃ ar₂ [ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ IGI ...] | ... the 13th, Saturn’s first appearance in the beginning of Gemini, 1 2/3 cubits behind ζ Tauri |
| 18' | [... MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-še]-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2 SI DIM₄ KIN in EN 20+[x ...] | 2 fingers η Geminorum, it came near. Month VI, around until the 20+xth, |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GENNA ana ŠU₂ ina LAL-šu₂ SIG ⸢MUL₂⸣ [...] | ... Saturn, while moving back to the west, was below η Tauri |
| 20' | [...] 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ar₂ ⸢ŠUR⸣-[GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ UŠ ...] | ... 1 1/2 cubits behind ζ Tauri, the length |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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