AD -199A
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o 1'o 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
o 2'2' | LU₂.[x x x] ⸢nu⸣ GAZ [...] | (o 2') a man ... was killed ... [...] |
o 3'3' | GU₄ 30 11.40 DIR ki PAP NU IGI in EN ⸢1 GENNA ana⸣ [ŠU₂ ki UŠ-a N KUŠ₃ ar₂ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A UŠ ... GE₆ 3] | (o 3') Month II, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 11° 40'; clouds, when I watched I did not see it. Around the 1st, when Saturn [became stationary to the west, it became stationary nn cubits behind β Virginis ... Night of the 3rd,] |
o 4'4' | kal GE₆ DIR AN DIB AN PISAN DIB 3 ina še-ri₃ DIR AN DIB [...] | (o 4') all night clouds crossed the sky, rain, PISAN DIB. The 3rd, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky [...] |
o 5'5' | GU₃ U MAḪ AN PISAN DIB GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin SIG SAG ⸢A⸣ [N N ... GE₆ 9 SAG GE₆ sin SIG GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A N N] | (o 5') much thunder, rain, PISAN DIB. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] below ε Leonis [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... below β Virginis,] |
o 6'6' | sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB ina IGI GENNA 2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB ⸢9⸣ [...] | (o 6') the moon having passed a little to the east, it stood 2 cubits in front of Saturn to the west. The 9th, [...] |
o 7'7' | (o 7') Around the 11th, Sirius’ last appearance; I did not watch; in the afternoon, the south wind blew [...] | |
o 8'8' | (o 8') Night of the 14th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Scorpii [... Night of the 15th, the moon ...] | |
o 9'9' | (o 9') [it stood] 1? cubit? 8 fingers in front of Jupiter? [to the west ...] | |
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r 1'r 1' | [x] [...] | |
r 2'2' | (r 2') Month V, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 19° ... [... Night of the 3rd, the moon was] | |
r 3'3' | (r 3') 1 1/2 [cubits ...] α Virginis [... Night of the 7th,] | |
r 4'4' | (r 4') beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above ϑ Ophi[uchi ...] | |
r 5'5' | GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-IGI-⸢ša₂⸣-[SUḪUR-MAŠ₂ N N ...] | (r 5') Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of γ [Capricorni ...] |
r 6'6' | GE₆ 14 9 GE₆ muš 15 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ⸢A IGI⸣ [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin] | (r 6') Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 9°, measured. The 15th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Leo [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was] |
r 7'7' | ar₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-⸢ULU₃⸣ [N N ... GE₆ 20? ina ZALAG₂ AN] | (r 7') 1 1/2 cubits behind η Tauri; last part of the night, Venus was [...] below δ Cancri [... Night of the 20th?, last part of the night, Mars] |
r 8'8' | SIG MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 21 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR ⸢e⸣ [MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA N N ...] | (r 8') was 3 cubits below β Geminorum. Night of the 21st, first part of the night, Jupiter was [...] above [ϑ Ophiuchi ...] |
r 9'9' | GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin ar₂⸣ [MAŠ].⸢MAŠ⸣-ar₂ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ ⸢24⸣ [...] | (r 9') Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits behind β Ge[minorum.] Night of the 24th, [...] |
r 10'10' | ⸢27 9.20⸣ KUR [...] | (r 10') The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 9° 20'; [...] |
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