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Hand drawing below by Ernst F. Weidner (1952)


EAB2TURŠA23MAŠU2UBHIAŠSILA3ŠA2MÁŠDULAL2GI6U.U9AHAHAHATUMAŠŠU2KUR2??


Transliteration:

e MULx TUR ša2 3 1⁄2 KUŠ3 ar2 SUḪUR {ša2} MAŠ2 GUB LAL2 GI6 29 a-ku6-ku6-{ku6}-tu4 ina ŠU2 KUR 2 DA[NNA ... ITI BI KI.LAM]

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

was balanced above (sic) the small star which stands 3½ cubits behind Capricorn. Night of the 29th, red glow flared up in the west, 2 double-[hours...]

Note A

SymbolSyllablesMeanings
E above
AB2 arḫu: cow
cattle
kakkabu: a star
TUR TUR
ĝar
niĝ2
ša2
 Place
Thing
of
3 3
MAŠ
BA7
BAR		 ḫuzālu: gazelle kid; ṣerru: snake, possible name for Hydra constellation; Māšu: twin, Gemini; bīru: goat
half
Nissan, first month - on VAT4956 there seems to be no distinction between BAR and MAŠ
U2
kuš3
 load, horn
unit
UB Translated as: behind;
tubqu: a corner.
HI HI
AŠ
DIL
DILI
RUM
ina
 one

single
SILA3 SILA3
ĝar
niĝ2
ša2
 Place
Thing
of
MÁŠ see rear line 3 note
DU
DE6
GUB
TUM6
 go
bring
stand, sheep
LAL2 šaqālu: to be equal, in balance; planets said to be in opposition or in conjunction
hang
small
GI6
ĝi6
ku10
mi
 mūšu: night
ṣalāmu: cause to become dark, darkened, obscured
29 twenty-nine
A A
HA HA
HA HA
HA HA
TUM TUM
AŠ.SU2
ina SU2		 in the west
KUR KUR
2 2
?? ??

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