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o 1'o 1' | ||
o 2'2' | [... GE₆ 14 N] ME a-kam₂ muš [ina ZALAG₂ sin] ⸢ina IGI?⸣ [MUL₂-KUR]-ša₂-DUR-nu-nu 1 KUŠ₃ sin [...] | (o 2') [... Night of the 14th,] moonrise to sunset: [nn°], measured (despite) mist; [last part of the night, the moon was] 1 cubit in front? of [η] Piscium, the moon being [...] |
o 3'3' | [...] ⸢15⸣ 5 na a-kam₂ muš GE₆ 16 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MUL₂.MUL₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 KUŠ₃ ⸢ana⸣ [ULU₃ SIG ...] | (o 3') [... The 1]5th, sunrise to moonset: 5°, measured (despite) mist. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits in front of η Tauri, the moon being 4 cubits [low to the south ...] |
o 4'4' | [... GE₆] ⸢17⸣ ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI is-le₁₀ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 18 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ina IGI ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-SI 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG ⸢18 x⸣ [...] | (o 4') [... Night of the 1]7th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of α Tauri. Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of β Tauri, the moon being 5 cubits low to the south. The 18th, ... [...] |
o 5'5' | [...] KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG in 20 MUL₂.BABBAR ina SAG GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ [x x x x x] | (o 5') [...] cubits, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of α Geminorum, the moon being 5 1/2 cubits low to the south. Around the 20th, Jupiter’s last appearance in the beginning of Scorpius [...] |
o 6'6' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI LUGAL 1/2 [KUŠ₃ x x x] | (o 6') [... cu]bits low to the south. Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind δ Cancri, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 [cubit] in front of α Leonis [...] |
o 7'7' | [...] ⸢sin⸣ 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 25 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin ar₂⸣ GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂-A 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [x x x x] | (o 7') [... the m]oon being 5 cubits low to the south. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind β Virginis, the moon being 1/2 cubit high to the north. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit behind γ Virginis [...] |
o 8'8' | [ar₂ GENNA N N ana NIM] ⸢GUB⸣ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ ⸢27⸣ ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 27 ⸢15?⸣ KUR ⸢muš?⸣ [x x x x] | (o 8') [it st]ood [... behind Saturn to the east], the moon being 1 cubit high to the north. Night of the 27th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits behind α Virginis, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 15°?, mea[sured ...] |
o 9'9' | [... i-nu]-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina RIN₂ in 20 MUL₂.BABBAR ina ⸢SAG⸣ GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ GU₄.UD ina ABSIN in 8 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina ABSIN ŠU₂ GENNA ina ABSIN ⸢AN⸣ ina ⸢SAG⸣ [ITU ina MUL₂.MUL₂] | (o 9') [... At that] time, Jupiter was in Libra; around the 20th, Jupiter’s last appearance in the [beginn]ing of Scorpius; Mercury was in Virgo; around the 8th, Mercury’s last appearance in the east in Virgo; Saturn was in Virgo; Mars, in the beg[inning of the month, was in Taurus,] |
o 10'10' | (o 10') [at the end of the month, in Aries; Venus, which had set,] was not visible. | |
o 11'11' | [DU₆ 1 ... ana] šamaš₂ NIM GE₆ 2 sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-<PA> 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ sin SIG ⸢SI-MAŠ₂⸣ [N KUŠ₃ x x] | (o 11') [Month VII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] it was high to the sun. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind θ Ophiuchi, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was [nn cubits] below β Capricorni [...] |
o 12'12' | [...] SI NIM GE₆ ⸢7⸣ SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUḪUR-MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM⸣ [x x x x] | (o 12') [...] high to the north. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind δ Capricorni, the moon being 1 cubit high to the north [...] |
o 13'13' | [... GE₆ 13 SAG GE₆ sin] ⸢SIG⸣ MUL₂-⸢ar₂⸣-[ša₂]-⸢SAG-ḪUN 3⸣ KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB ina IGI AN 3 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ ⸢GUB⸣ [...] | (o 13') [... Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits below α Arietis, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east, it stood 3 cubits in front of Mars to the west [...] |
o 14'14' | [... ana ULU₃] SIG 14 2 ŠU₂ GE₆ 15 8 GE₆ ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ is-⸢le₁₀⸣ [N N ...] | (o 14') [...] low [to the south.] The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 2º. Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 8º; last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Tau[ri ...] |
o 15'15' | [... GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-ša₂]-⸢SIPA⸣ 2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 18 ina ⸢ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI?⸣ [x x x x] | (o 15') [... Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits [behind γ Gemino]rum, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 18th, last part of the ni[ght, the m]oon was [...] in front? of [...] |
o 16'16' | [...] KUŠ₃ GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI LUGAL 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢GE₆⸣ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin [x (x)] | (o 16') [...] cubits. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of α Leonis. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
o 17'17' | [... GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin e GIR₃-ar₂-ša₂]-A 2/3 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL 22 MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ [ina] GIR₂.TAB IGI TUR 11.30 na-su | (o 17') [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was] 2/3 cubit [above β Vir]ginis, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. The 22nd, Jupiter’s first appearance in Scorpius; it was small, rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 11º 30'; |
o 18'18' | [in 21 IGI ...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin | (o 18') [{mdeal) first appearance on the 21st ...] ... Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits above α Virginis. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was |
o 19'19' | [SIG RIN₂-ša₂-SI N N ...] ⸢ana⸣ ŠU₂ LAL 27 ⸢16?⸣ KUR muš i-nu-šu₂ in 21 MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB IGI | (o 19') [... below β Librae ...] back to the west. The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 16º?, measured. At that time, around the 21st, Jupiter’s first appearance in Scorpius; |
o 20'20' | [...] (blank) | |
o 21'21' | [APIN 30 ... in 29 ša₂] ⸢DU₆ IGI EN 2⸣ AN ana ŠU₂ ki-i UŠ-a 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ | (o 21') [Month VIII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), ...] {mdeal) first appearance [on the 29th of month V]II. Until the 2nd, when Mars became stationary to the west, |
o 22'22' | [ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-ḪUN (...) UŠ ... GU₄].⸢UD⸣ ina ŠU₂ ina PA IGI TUR 15 na-su | (o 22') [it became stationary] 1 1/2 cubits [behind α Arietis ... Mercu]ry’s first appearance in the west in Sagittarius; it was small, sunset to setting of Mercury: 15º |
o 23'23' | [... GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ sin ina IGI MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-DUR]-⸢nu⸣-nu 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | (o 23') [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits [in front of η Pis]cium, the moon being 5 cubits low to the south. |
o 24'24' | (o 24') [...] low [to the sou]th. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was | |
o 25'25' | (o 25') [...] The 15th, moonrise to sunset: 30'; clouds, I did not watch. | |
o 26'26' | ||
o 27'27' | [...] ⸢MUL₂⸣-TUR-ša₂-⸢4⸣-KUŠ₃-ar₂-LUGAL 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
o 28'28' | [... GE₆ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin x GENNA N N ana x] GUB sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ | (o 28') [... Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon] stood [... Saturn to the ...], the moon being 1/2 cubit |
o 29'29' | ||
o 30'30' | (o 30') [... The 2]7th, moonrise to sunrise: 10º 30'; clouds, I did not watch. | |
o 31'31' | (o 31') [... ar]ound the 17th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Sagittarius | |
o 32'32' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
Reverse | ||
r 1'r 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
r 2'2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
r 3'3' | [...] 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
r 4'4' | [...] 1 KUŠ₃ | |
r 5'5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
r 6'6' | [... GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ SI₄] 3 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | (r 6') [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was] 3 cubits [behind α Scorpii], the moon being 5 cubits high to the north. |
r 7'7' | (r 7') [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night,] the moon was 2 [cubits] behind θ Ophiuchi | |
r 8'8' | (r 8') [... nn cu]bits, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. | |
r 9'9' | (r 9') [...] when [Jupiter] became stationary [to the east, it became stationary] 1 cubit in front of θ | |
r 10'10' | MUL₂-KUR-[ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA (...) UŠ ...] MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 25 USAN GU₄.UD | (r 10') [Ophiuchi ...] 2 cubits [...] Capricorni. Night of the 25th, first part of the night, Mercury |
r 11'11' | [SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-ḪUN N N ...] 2/3 KUŠ₃ i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB | (r 11') [was ... below β Arietis ...] 2/3 cubit. At that time, Jupiter was in Scorpius; |
r 12'12' | [... GENNA ina] ⸢ABSIN⸣ AN ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ina TIL ITU ina MAŠ.MAŠ | (r 12') [... Saturn was in Vir]go; Mars was in Taurus, at the end of the month, in Gemini. |
r 13'13' | [...] (blank) | |
r 14'14' | [ŠE 30 ...] ⸢x⸣ [... ina IGI dele-bat N] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ ana ŠU₂ GUB sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | (r 14') [Month XII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), ...] ... [... (the moon)] stood [nn] cubits [in front of Venus] to the west, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. |
r 15'15' | [...] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ sin 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [... GE₆ 6 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MAŠ.MAŠ]-ša₂-SIPA 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 7 | (r 15') [... cub]its, the moon being 3 cub[its ... Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits [below γ Gemi]norum. Night of the 7th, |
r 16'16' | [... GE₆ 8] SAG GE₆ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [MUL₂ x ša₂ ALLA ša₂ x N N GE₆ 9] ⸢SAG⸣ GE₆ sin SIG SAG-A 5 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | (r 16') [... Night of the 8th,] beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [... Cancri. Night of the 9th, beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 5 cubits below ε Leonis |
r 17'17' | [...] ⸢SIG?⸣ GE₆ 10 SAG GE₆ ⸢sin⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ ⸢SIG⸣ [x (x)] | (r 17') [... lo]w?. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the m[oon ...] being ⸢x⸣ cubits low to the south [...] |
r 18'18' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG USAN dele-bat e is-le₁₀ [N N ...] GE₆ 12 ⸢SAG⸣ [GE₆] | (r 18') [...] low [to the sou]th; first part of the night, Venus was [...] above α Tauri [...] Night of the 12th, beginn[ing of the night,] |
r 19'19' | [... sin] e ⸢GENNA⸣ 8 U sin i-ṣa ana NIM DIB ⸢USAN⸣ [...] ⸢KUŠ₃ 12?⸣ [x x x x] | (r 19') [... the moon was] 8 fingers above Sa[turn], the moon having passed a little to the east; first part [of the night ...] cubits. The 12th?, [...] |
r 20'20' | [...] sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 13 2.10 na NU PAP ⸢GE₆?⸣ [...] | (r 20') [...] the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. The 13th, sunrise to moonset: 2º 10', I did not watch. Ni[ght? ...] |
r 21'21' | [... x].10 GE₆ DIR NU PAP 16 LAL₂-ti₃ NU PAP GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina ⸢IGI⸣ [MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA N N ...] | (r 21') [...] sunset to moonrise: [x]+10´; clouds, I did not watch. The 16th, equinox; I did not watch. Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front [of θ Ophiuchi ...] |
r 22'22' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI-MAŠ₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ [21 ...] | (r 22') [... Ni]ght of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of β Capricorni, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night [of the 21st, ...] |
r 23'23' | [GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUḪUR-MAŠ₂ 10 SI sin i-ṣa ⸢ana NIM⸣ DIB GE₆ 24 USAN dele-bat e ⸢ŠUR⸣-[GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ N N ...] | (r 23') [Night of the 22nd, last part of the night,] the moon was 10 fingers above δ Capricorni, the moon having passed a little to the east. Night of the 24th, first part of the night, Venus was [...] above ζ [Tauri ...] |
r 24'24' | [i-nu-šu₂ MUL₂].BABBAR ina GIR₂.TAB dele-bat ina MUL₂.MUL₂ ina TIL ITU ina MAŠ.MAŠ GU₄.UD ina ḪUN in 11 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ḪUN ŠU₂ GENNA [ina ABSIN AN ina MAŠ.MAŠ] | (r 24') [At that time, Ju]piter was in Scorpius; Venus was in Taurus, at the end of the month, in Gemini; Mercury was in Aries; around the 11th, Mercury’s last appearance in the west in Aries; Saturn [was in Virgo; Mars was in Gemini.] |
r 25'25' | (r 25') [Month I, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month),] sunset to moonset: [nnº]; it was bright, measured (despite) clouds; it was low to the sun. | |
r 26'26' | na-ṣar ša₂ TA KIN 2.KAM₂ EN TIL ŠE ša₂ MU 1 ME 60+10.KAM₂ mde-met-[ri LUGAL] | (r 26') Diary from month VI2 to the end of month XII of year 170, [king] Demetrius. |