The King Died - Clouds

The King Died Today 29 Aiiaru 323 BCE Death of Alexander [Year fourteen of Alexander, Month Two] [ The first part is missing. ] Night of the fourteenth , beginning of the night, the moon was [ lacuna ] in front of Theta Ophiuchi. [ Night of the eighteenth, ] first part of the night, Mercury was fourteen fingers above Saturn. [ lacuna ] crossed the sky. The twenty-first: clouds crossed the sky. Night of the twenty-second: clouds [crossed the sky; lacuna ] [ Night of the twenty-third: lacuna ] 2 2/3 cubits; clouds were in the sky. The twenty-fourth: clouds [were in the sky]. [ lacuna ] clouds crossed the sky. Night of the twenty-seventh: clouds crossed the sky. The twenty-seventh: [ lacuna ] [ The night of the twenty-eighth?; lacuna ] stood to the east. The twenty-ninth: The king died. Clouds. note [That month, the equivalent for 1 shekel of silver was: lacuna ] cress, 1 sût 4 qa; sesame 3 1/2 qa. [At that time; lacuna ] Saturn was in Gemini, at...