AD -245A

(o 1) Year 66, king Antiochus. Month I, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month, sunset to moonset): 14° 30'; clouds, I did not watch. Night of the 2nd, [...]

(o 2) in the afternoon, strong gusty south storm. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] in front of η [Geminorum,] the moon being 1/2 cubit [to ... Mars was]

(o 3) 20? fingers above α Leonis. Night of the 7th, beginning of the night, the moon? was [...] above δ Cancri. Night of the 8th, beg[inning of the night, ... Night of the 9th, beginning of the night, the moon ...]

(o 4) it stood 1 2/3 cubits behind Mars to the east. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [nn] cubits below ϑ Leonis, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. [...]

(o 5) strong gusty south storm. Night of the 12th, clouds crossed the sky. The 12th, very overcast, thunder, rain DUL. Night of the 13th, beg[inning of the night, ...]

(o 6) The 14th, moonset to sunrise: 1° 30'; clouds, I did not watch. The 14th?, overcast, lightning, thunder, rain DUL. [Night of the 15th,] sunset to moonrise: 10° 30'?; clouds, I did not watch; very overcast, gusty wind; ..., the moon was in [front of ...]

(o 7) [cl]ouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit behind? ϑ Ophiuchi. Night of [the nnth, clouds] were in the sky. Night of the 19th, last part of the night, the moon was 4 1/2 cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 20th, last part of the ni[ght, ...]

(o 8) [nn] cubits. Night of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon stood 2 2/3 cubits in front of Saturn to the west. [Night of the 22nd,] very overcast. Night of the 23rd, first part of the night, Mars was [...] above ρ Leonis [...]

(o 9) [Night of the 2]4th, very overcast; beginning of the night, gusty wind, lightning, thunder, [rain DU]L. Night of the 25th, last part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit below Venus. The 27th, moonrise to sunrise: 16°, measured ... [...]

(o 10) [...] kurru 2 pānu; sesame, 1 pānu; wool, 5 minas were sold for [1 sh]ekel of silver which was given in the land. At that time, Jupiter was in Capricorn; Venus [...]

(o 11) [... Mars was in] Leo. That month, the river level ... [...] rose 20 fingers above the apertures. That month, on the 6th, the wall of Esangil [...]

(o 12) [...] ... [...] went. That day, bricks were ... in it. That month, on the 11th, [...]

(o 13) [...] ... [... Se]leucus, Antiochus and Apammu, his sons, in Esangil ... [...]

(o 14) [Month II, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), sunset to moonset: nn°; the moon was] 4 cubits in front of η Geminorum. The 1st, very overcast, it thundered once. Night of the 2nd, very overcast. Night of the 3rd, beginning of the night, clou[ds? ...]

(o 15) [...] 2/3 cubit. Night of the 4th, last part of the night, Venus was 3 cubits below η Piscium. Night of the 5th, the moon was surrounded by a halo which was not closed; beginning of the ni[ght, ...]

(o 16) [... Night] of the 6th, overcast; beginning of the night, the moon was 1 cubit 4 fingers above α Leonis, the moon having passed 8 fingers to the east. The 6th, overcast, gusty wind, much thunder, [...]

(o 17) [...] ... Night of the 8th, clouds were in the sky; beginning of the night, the moon was ⸢x⸣ cubits be[hind β Virginis.] The 8th, in the afternoon, storm [...]

(o 18) [... Night of the 10th,] beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind α Virginis [...] ... [...]

(o 19) [... th]under, rain DUL. Night of the 12th, clouds crossed the sky [...]

(o 20) [...] lightning, much thunder, rain DUL [...]

(o 21) [...] Arietis [...]

(r 1') [... Night of the 26th, last part of the ni]ght, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits below ε Leonis, the moon having passed 8 fingers to the east. Ni[ght? ...]

(r 2') [...] moonrise to sunrise: ⸢x⸣, measured. Night of the 29th, solar eclipse which was omitted; at 40+[x° ...]

(r 3') [... dates,] 3 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; mustard, 2 kurru 1 pānu; cress, 2 pānu 4 sūtu; sesame, 1 pānu; woo[l, ...]

(r 4') [...] Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Leo; Saturn was in Aquarius; Mars was in Libra. That month, the river level 16 [...]

(r 5') [...] happened in [E]sangil. That month, on the 20th, it was heard in Babylon [...]

(r 6') [...] ... and fear were in the land.

(r 7') [Month VI, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ... Night of the 2nd, the moon was] 2 1/2 cubits [in fro]nt of α Librae. Night of the 3rd, first part of the night, Mars was 3 1/2 cubits below β Librae. Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, [...]

(r 8') [...] 3 cubits. The 5th, Jupiter became stationary in Capricorn. Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 4 cubits below β Capricorni, the moon being 2/3 [cubit to ...]

(r 9') [... Night of the 9th, beginning] of the night, the moon was 2 cubits 4 fingers [in fron]t of γ Capricorni. Night of the 10th, beginning of the night, the moon was [...] behind δ Capricorni [...]

(r 10') [... lu]nar eclipse, ..., omitted. Night of the 14th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of η Piscium. The 14th, sunrise to moonset: 13°, measured. Night of the 15th, [...]

(r 11') [...] ... 2? cubits. Night of the 17th, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, the moon was [2] fingers [... η Tauri], it came near. Night of the 19th, β Tauri entered the moon; last part of the night, the moo[n ... Night of the 20th, first part of the night,]

(r 12') [Mars was] 1/2 cubit [...] β Scorpii; last part of the night, the moon was [...] above [η/μ] Geminorum ...] ... [...]

(r 13') [...] 4 cubits. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 2 cub[its] in front of ε Leonis [...]

(r 14') Night of the [2]6th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of β Virginis. Night of the 27th, last part of the night, the moon was [...] be[low? γ Virginis ...]

(r 15') barley, 1 kurru 2 pānu 1 sūtu; dates, 3 pānu 4 sūtu 3 qa; mustard, 2 kurru 1 pānu; cress, ... [...]

(r 16') Venus was in Leo, in the middle of the month, [in] Virgo; ... [...]

(r 17') ... [...]