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Hand drawing below by Ernst F. Weidner (1952)


ANTURDIŠAŠIGINAMMAHGU4UDŠA2ŠU2NUIGIGI6DIŠMEHIKURUULU3HIDIŠKALUD


Transliteration:

dGENNA ina IGI SIM.MAḪ GU4.UD ša2 ŠU2 NU IGI GI6 1 me-ḫi KUR u ULU3 ŠAR2 1 kal U4 [... ina IGI]

Translation - by P.V. Neugebauer and E. F. Weidner (1915) edited by Hermann Hunger (1988)

Saturn was in front of the Swallow; Mercury, which had set, was not visible. Night of the 1st, gusty storm from east and south. The 1st, all day [ .... ]

Note B

SymbolSyllablesMeanings
AN
DINGIR
ILU
 Sky, Heaven, Mars
Deity, Determinative for a deity
God
TUR TUR
DIŠ Constantly, always, one, sixty,
if
ina IGI naṭālu: (to be able) to see , to look at, to gaze ; to observe (the sky); to be visible;
ina maḫar: before (someone), in the presence, in front of - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 10, M, Part I, (1977) pg 106
SIM.MAH identified as:
Capricornus E
Aquarius W
Andromeda
β η ξ Cetus
ε ζ ξ Pegasus & α Aquarius
Northern fish
Southern fish
Alias or code-name for Mars
- P. Felix Gössman; Planetarium Babylonicum (1950) pg 213-214
GU4.UD Mercury
ĝar
niĝ2
ša2
 Place
Thing
of
ŠU2 to set (heavenly body)
the west
to cover
NU ula: not
IGI naṭālu: (to be able) to see , to look at, to gaze ; to observe (the sky); to be visible;
ina maḫar: before (someone), in the presence, in front of - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 10, M, Part I, (1977) pg 106
GI6
ĝi6
ku10
mi
 mūšu: night
ṣalāmu: cause to become dark, darkened, obscured
DIŠ Constantly, always, one, sixty,
if
ME
ME6		 100, be, being, silence, stiffness, battle, refine; daytime as opposed to night
Where
HI HI
KUR KUR
U
bur3
šu4
ge14
 Earth, finger, ten, totality
Unit
Cover
Blow
and
ULU3
ĝišgal		 wind
station
HI HI
DIŠ Constantly, always, one, sixty,
if
KAL KAL
UD
šamaš
U4		 when, that, day, at that time, the sun, white, clear, now.
Sun

Note D

Saturn was in front of the Swallow

According to the original translators (Rear line 5 Note G) the Southern Fish is identified with the stars nearby γ Piscium. On day 1, Saturn would have risen @ 01:04 and would have been visible until the twilight sky became brighter, it would have been visible for approximately 3 hours (nautical twilight started at 04:00)

During this period of visibility Saturn was 09°30'24" below, and 12°41'38" behind γ Piscium, not in front as indicated on the tablet. See image below:


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