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(o 1') [...] ... [...]

(o 2') [...] ... 6 fingers to [...]

(o 3') [...] very overcast, the north wind blew. Night [...]

(o 4') [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the m]oon was 1 1/2 cubits above α Tauri ... [...]

(o 5') [...] Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] above γ Geminorum [...]

(o 6') [...] Night of the 1[3th, beginning of the night, the moon was ...] in front of [γ /δ] Cancri [...]

(o 7') [...] ... [... Night of the 14th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits in front of α Leonis [...]

(o 8') [... Night of the 16th ...] ...; last part of the night, the moon was [...] behind θ Leonis [...]

(o 9') [...] ... [...] ... rain DUL, the north wind which was set to the west side blew, cold [...]

(o 10') [... Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [above] α Virginis, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. The [1]9th, the north wind blew. Night of the 20th, all night the no[rth? wind ...]

(o 11') [...] ... very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, Mars came close to Jupiter, they turned into one star; last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [δ/β Scorpii ...]

(o 12') [... Night of the 23rd, last] part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind α Scorpii, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. The 23rd, very overcast, the north wind blew. Night of the 24th, all night clouds [...] the sky [...]

(o 13') [...] blew. Night of the 26th, all night very overcast. The 26th, in the morning, clouds crossed the sky, rain shower, the north wind blew. Night of the 2[7th, ...]

(o 14') [... a rainbow ...] stretched to the south and east; a little rain shower. The 28th (and) the 29th, the north wind blew. The 30th, very overcast, the north wind bl[ew ...]

(o 15') [...] ... 3 sūtu; from the 16th until the end of the month, 3 sūtu 1 qa; dates, the 1st (and) 2nd, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 1 qa; the 3rd [...]

(o 16') [... the 24th, ...] 4 1/2 qa; from the 25th until the end of the month, 1 pānu 3 sūtu; mustard, 1 kurru 2 pānu 3 sūtu; cress, [...]

(o 17') [... Venus’] first appearance in the west in Capricorn; on the 17th, Venus reached Aquarius; Mercury was in Sagittarius; on the 19th, Mercury reached Capricorn; Saturn [was in Virgo ...]

(o 18') [... the ge]neral? of Babylonia from Seleucia which is on the Tigris [...]

(o 19') [...] ... battle equipment the gates of the city I[...]

(o 20') [... abo]ve Babylon and below Babylon [...]

(o 21') [...] in the House of observation [...]

(o 22') [...] ... [...]

(o 23') [...] they provided. [That] mo[nth, ...]

(o 24') [...] ... [...]

(r 1') [...] ... [...]

(r 2') [... they provided ...] 3 (sheep) sacrifices as offering at the ‘Gate of the Son of the Prince’ of the Esangila [...]

(r 3') [...] the 16th of month IV in fear of the citizens and of [...]

(r 4') [...] they entered [...]. That day, this chief of the troops to the camp [...]

(r 5') [... he kill]ed. The citizens and Raznumitra, the [...]

(r 6') [...] when they said this [...] and at the command of the chief of the troops and their judges [...]

(r 7') [... as] before.

(r 8') [Month XII2, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month) ...] 2 cubits in front of Mercury, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1+[x mm] below η Tauri [...]

(r 9') [... Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was nn] cubits [above ζ Tauri], the moon having passed a little to the east; first part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit 6 fingers below η Tauri. Night of the 5th, beginning [of the night, ...]

(r 10') [... Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... below β Geminorum, the moon being] 1/2 cubit back to the west. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, haze covered the sky; δ Cancri [was not seen with the moon ...]

(r 11') [... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon was nn] cubits behind α Leonis, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 cubits below θ Leonis. Around the 10th, Mercu[ry’s last appearance in the west in Aries ...]

(r 12') [... rain DU]L, the north wind blew. The 11th, all day very overcast; in the afternoon, much thunder, rain DUL, gusty south and east winds blew. Ni[ght? ...]

(r 13') [...] ... Night of the 13th, first part of the night, Venus was 2 1/2 cubits above α Tauri. The 13th, moonset to sunrise: 4° 20'; clouds, I did not watch; clouds crossed the sky, rain DUL, the north wind bl[ew ...]

(r 14') [... Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: nn°,] measured (despite) mist; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits below β Librae. Night of the 16th, last part of the night, the moon was 1/2 cubit in front of β Scorpii, [...] in front of Jupi[ter ...]

(r 15') [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits [behind] θ Ophiuchi, the moon being 8 fingers low to the south. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon stood 2 cubits behind Mars to the east [...]

(r 16') [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [in front of γ /δ Capri]corni, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits low to the south. Night of the 23rd, first part of the night, Venus was [...] below β Tauri [...]

(r 17') [...] ... rain DUL, the north wind blew. The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 15+[x]°; it was bright, measured. The 29th?, the north wind blew [...]

(r 18') [... in the af]ternoon, 5 sūtu 1 qa one-fourth; the 12th (and) 13th, 5? sūtu [n] qa; the 14th, 5 sūtu 1 qa; the 15th [...]

(r 19') [... fr]om the 10th until the 16th, 1 pānu 2 sūtu 3 1/2 qa; the 17th, 1 pānu 2+[x] sūtu [...]

(r 20') [... At] that time, Jupiter was in Scorpius; on the 1st, Venus [reached Taurus ...]

(r 21') [...] the 29th (and) 30th, it receded 4 fingers, total: 13 was the na (gauge) [...]

(r 22') [... from Seleuci]a entered Babylon ... [...]