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Hand drawing below by Ernst F. Weidner (1952)

TA

DIŠ

EN

5

8

LAGAB

A

KAL

DU

6

A

KAL

LAL

GI₆

7

U.U.U

NUN

LAGAR

LAGAB

AB₂

NAGAR

U

LUGAL

??

Transliteration:

TA

1

EN

5

8

SI

ILLU

DU

6

ILLU

LA₂

GI₆

7

sin

TUR₃

NIGIN₂

mul_x

ALLA

u

LUGAL

ina

[ŠA₃ TUR₃ ...]

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

From the 1^st to the 5^th, the river level rose 8 fingers; on the 6^th it receded. Night of the 7^th, the moon was surrounded by a halo. Praesepe and α Leonis [stood] in [it...]

Note

Moon position 13

the moon was surrounded by a halo. Praesepe and α Leonis

The position of the Moon is very similar for both years,

Position 12 | Position 13 | Position 1

588 BC #13 | 568 BC #13

Note A

Symbol	Syllables	Meanings
	TA	issu: from , out of , since , after what ṭehû. approach, come near to; - The Assyrian Dictionary. Volume 19, Ṭ (2006) pg 71 ištu: from (a point in space or time), out of (a place, an object, a quantity), since, after, by; - The Assyrian Dictionary. Volume 7, I & J (2004) pg 286
	DIŠ	Constantly, always, one, sixty, if
	EN	bēlu: boss, chief, master, lord ; owner adi: until, as far as, together with, including, plus
	5	5
	8	8
	LAGAB RI₃ GUR₄ niĝin₂ ellag KUR₄	block; excess thick encircle, total bibbu: Mercury KUR₄ = ba'lu which means either ba'ālu: to be abnormally large, to become bright or shine brightly; or ba'ūlu: great, important; - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 2, B (1965) pg 1, 184
	A.KAL ILLU	Water
	DU DE₆ GUB TUM₆	go bring stand, sheep
	6	6
	A.KAL ILLU	Water
	LAL	naḫāsu: to recede maṭû: to become less, diminish tarṣu: extent , duration šaqû : to become high, elevated, to rise repeatedly , to raise up pašāṭu: be invisible
	GI₆ ĝi₆ ku₁₀ mi	mūšu: night ṣalāmu: cause to become dark, darkened, obscured
	7	7
	ušu₃ ba₃ es₂ sin	šalāšā: thirty, 30 half the moon
	NUN.LAGAR TUR₃	animal stall
	LAGAB RI₃ GUR₄ niĝin₂ ellag KUR₄	block; excess thick encircle, total bibbu: Mercury KUR₄ = ba'lu which means either ba'ālu: to be abnormally large, to become bright or shine brightly; or ba'ūlu: great, important; - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 2, B (1965) pg 1, 184
	AB₂	arḫu: cow cattle kakkabu: a star
	NAGAR	alluttu: a crab, constellation of Cancer.
	U bur₃ šu₄ ge₁₄	Earth, finger, ten, totality Unit Cover Blow and
	LUGAL	Jupiter; one of the Seven Twin Stars; α Centauri; α Leonis - P. Felix Gössman; Planetarium Babylonicum (1950) pg 89 šarru: king
	??	??

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