C II

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 Interpretation

36

On the 1st of Nisannu the agrarian worker LU.CHUN.GA is visible.

 [Perseus] I Nisannu

37

On the 20th of Nisannu the crooked staff GAM is visible.

 [here Camelopardalis]

38

On the 1st of Ajjaru the star cluster MUL.MUL is visible.

 [Pleiades, in Taurus] II Ajjaru

39

On the 20th of Ajjaru the (wooden-) tablet GISH.Le is visible

 [Taurus]

40

On the 10th of Simanu the loyal shepherd of heaven SIPA.ZI.AN.NA and the great twins MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL are visible.

 [Orion] [Gemini] III Simanu

41

On the 5th of Du'uzu the small twins MASH.TAB.BA.TUR.TUR and the Crayfish AL.LUL are visible.

 [here apparently Procyon] [Cancer] IV Du'uzu

42

On the 15th of Du'uzu the lance KAK.SI.SA , the snake MUSH and the lion UR.GU.LA are visible.

 [Monoceros] [head of Hydra] [Regulus]

43

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44

On the 5th of Abu the bow BAN an and star of kings LUGAL are visible.

 [Alphard] [Zosma, Chort] V Abu

45

On the 10th of Ululu the star of Eridu NUN.KI and the raven UGA.MUSHEN are visible.

 [False Cross] [Corvus] VI Ululu

46

On the 15th of Ululu SHU.PA d. Enlil is visible.

 [Arcturus]

47

On the 25th of Ululu the seed-furrow AB.SIN is visible.

 [Spica]

C III

1

On the 15th of Tashritu the scales (zibanitum) , the wolf UR.IDIM , the wild boar EN.TE.NA.BAR.CHUM and the sitting dog UR.KU are visible.

 [Libra] [Lupus] [Centaurus] [Serpens Caput] VII Tashritu

2

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3

On the 5th of Arachsamma the scorpion GIR.TAB is visible.

 [Scorpio] VIII Arachsamma

4

On the 15th of Arachsamma the goat UZ and GAB.GIR.TAB are visible.

 [Hercules] [Antares]

5

On the 15th of Kislimu the Leopard UD.KA.DUCH.A the eagle TI8.MUSHEN and the fire-arrow-Sagittarius PA.BIL.SAG are visible.

 [Cygnus confused with Aquarius] [Aquila] IX Kislimu

6

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7

On the 15th of Tebetu the swallow SIM.MACH

 [Delphinus, mistakenly so named for a fish in the air, the SMON of Cicero as the stars of Delphinus] X Tebetu

8

(shinunutum, IM.SHESH in the East) is visible

 {Added to later copies of the text} {the six}

9

(and the lance KAK.SI.SA is visible in the evening.)

 {Added to later copies of the text} [Alphard]

10

On the 5th of Shabatu the Great GU.LA the Great Square ((ASH).IKU) and the stag (LU.LIM) are visible.

 [Capricorn] [Pegasus] [Cassiopeia] XI Shabatu

11

On the 25th of Shabatu Anunitum is visible.

 [Andromeda]

12

On the 15th of Addaru the fish (KU6) and the old one (SHU.GI) are visible.

 [Pisces] [Auriga] XII Addaru