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(o 1') [...] x was the na (gauge); until the 6th, it rose 4 fingers, total: 10+[x was the na (gauge) ...]

(o 2') [...] That month, there was much coughighng-disease in the land. That month, Mi[ṭratu ...]

(o 3') [...] ... as before ... [...]

(o 4') [...] on the Tigris, attacked, and wailing ... [...]

(o 5') when they sent [...] this [M]iṭratu [...]

(o 6') [he]lp? of these troops who had come to an agreement with Miṭratu [...]

(o 7') [Month] III, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: 15° 40'; when I watched [I did not see it] because of dense haze and mist [... Night of the 4th,]

(o 8') [beginning] of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits above ρ Leonis, the moon being 1/2 cubit to [... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night,]

(o 9') [the moon was] 3 1/2 cubits below θ Leonis, the moon having passed a little to the east. Night of the 6th, beginning of the night, the moo[n ...]

(o 10') 3 1/2 cubits [...]. The 6th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Gemini; it was bright, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 16° 30' [...]

(o 11') covered [the sky]. Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 3 1/2 cubits above α Virginis [... Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... behind α Librae, the moon being ...]

(o 12') high to the north, 1 1/2 cubits in front of Mars, the moon being 2 1/2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 11th, beginning of the ni[ght, ... Night of the 12th, beginning of the night, the moon was ... behind α Scorpii,]

(o 13') [the moon being nn] cubits high to the north. Night of the 13th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] <behind> θ Ophighuchigh [...]

(o 14') [...] ... Night of the 15th, sunset to moonrise: 1° 10'; mist, I did not watch; last part of the night, the moon was 2 2/3 cubits below β Capricorni [...]

(o 15') [...] and west winds blew. Around the 18th, solstice; I did not watch. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] in front of [η Piscium ...]

(o 16') [ha]ze covered the sky. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits below η Tauri; haze [...]

(o 17') [the moon] having passed a little to the east. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was 3 cubits above γ Geminorum, the moo[n ...]

(o 18') [...] 4 sūtu 5 qa; until the 14th, 5 sūtu; until the 20th, 5 sūtu 1 1/2 qa; until the 24th, 5 sūtu; until the end of the mo[nth, ...]

(o 19') [...] 5? sūtu 4 qa one-fourth; until the 28th, 5 sūtu 2 1/2 qa one-fourth; the 29th (and) 30th, 5 sūtu [...]

(o 20') [wool, nn] minas. At that time, Jupiter was in Virgo; Venus was in Cancer; on the 23rd, Venus [reached] Leo [...]

(o 21') [...] That month, Miṭratu, the chief of troops [...]

(o 22') [...] his troops to the rivers and the steppe? [...]

(o 23') [...] Seleucia [...]

(r 1) [Month IV, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month),] sunset to moonset: [nn°]; it was bright, measured (despite) mist; the moon was 1 cubit [above] Venus, the moon being 1 cubit [... Night of the 3rd,]

(r 2) [the moon was] 1 1/2 cubits above β Virginis, the moon being [nn] cubits back to the west. The 3rd, [... Night of the 5th, beginning of the night, the moon was]

(r 3) 2 cubits [in front of] α Virginis, the moon being 3 1/2 cubits high to the north. The 5th, [... Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was]

(r 4) 2 1/2 cubits [in front of β] Scorpii, the moon being 1 1/2 cubits high to the north [...]

(r 5) [...] gusty [... wind] blew; at sunset, dense mist covered the sky. Around the 9th, [Sirius’ first appearance ...]

(r 6) because of haze and mist I did not see it; the north wind blew. Night of the 11th (and) the 11th, the north wind [... Night of the 14th,]

(r 7) [beginn]ing of the night, the moon was 2 cubits in front of δ Capricorni, the moon being [...]

(r 8) [...] a gusty north wind blew. Night of the 16th (and) the 16th, a strong gusty north wind blew. Night [... Night of the 18th, last part of the night, the moon was]

(r 9) 5 cubits [below η Piscium], the moon having passed a little to the east. The 18th, a gusty north wind blew [...]

(r 10) [The xth,] the north wind blew. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was [...] above α Tauri [... Night of the 23rd, last part of the night,]

(r 11) [the moon was] 4 fingers below η Geminorum ... [... Night of the 25th, ...]

(r 12) [...] ...; last part of the night, the moon was 2 cubits behind β Geminorum, the moon being 1+[x cubits low to the south ...]

(r 13) [...] 4 sūtu 4 1/2 qa one-fourth; from the 8th un[til ...]

(r 14) 5? sūtu 3 qa; mustard, [nn] kurru [...]

(r 15) [Mer]cury reached Virgo; Saturn was in Leo; on [...]

(r 16) on the other side of the river [...]

(r 17) [...] the 10th, Miṭra[tu ...]

(r 18) [...] with many troops to the city of [...]

(r 19) [...] ... Miṭra[tu ...]

(r 20) [...] fear the city gates [...]

(r 21) [...] ... [...]

(b.e. 1) Dia[ry ...]