Note B
Acronychal rising
In 568 BC, Jupiter's acronychal rising could have been visible since day 7, which is nearly a week before the 11th or 12th.
Note D
| Symbol | Syllables | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
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LU LUG UDU |
Mix, abundant Position Sheep |
  |
12 | twelve |
 |
AN DINGIR ILU |
Sky, Heaven, Mars Deity, Determinative for a deity God |
   |
SAG.ME.GAR | Usual name for Jupiter - used in 588 BC to conceal the identity of Mars. |
 |
DIŠ | Constantly, always, one, sixty, if |
|
ME ME6 |
100, be, being, silence, stiffness, battle, refine; daytime as opposed to night Where |
 |
E11 DU6.UD |
elû: to go up, rise, raise, elevate; ascend warādum: to go down, to send down |
 |
14 | fourteen |
  |
AN.KI.AN.IGI | AN.KI.AN.IGI |
|
4 | 4 |
 |
NA | do, sky, be, heaven, man, not, lie, |
 |
15 | fifteen |
 |
ŠU2 | to set (heavenly body) the west to cover |
 |
16 | Sixteen |
 |
DILI.BAD | DILI.BAT; nebû: shining, bright, flaring; denoting the brightest star of a constellation - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 11, N Part II (1980) pg 148 |
Note E
A. The moon observations.
3. On the 14th: (Nisan) one god was seen with the other (= full moon, see p. 42); 16m elapsed between sunrise and moonset the next morning (vs. 4).
The 14th of Nisan begins May 5 evening; Full moon May 6, 8h early.
May 6 early: ☉ A - ☾ U = 12m
TRANSLATION FROM: Paul V. Neugebauer und Ernst F. Weidner (1915) Ein astronomischer Beobachtungstext aus dem 37. Jahre Nebukadnezars II (- 567/66).
Modern Results
Full moon: -567 May 6 08:12
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