Position in chronology
SAA 08 038. Hemerology for the 1st of Nisan [calendrical]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [In Nisan, the first day, he should cleanse and] purify himself. (2) You soak [zagindurû stone in] filtered oil, [you put maštakal plant in]to [beer and oil]. He rubs himself repeatedly. (4) [(...) he should put on linen] sandals and dress [in a new garment]. (5) You [bin]d zagindurû stone [in yo]ur [hem], [you go] to the house of a [fowler and (buy) two] doves, [male and fem]ale. (7) [You convict th]em before Šamaš. [He will obtain his desire] li[ke a god]. (8) (You say) "Šamaš, you are the ju[dge of heaven and ea]rth, un[clench for me the s]tro[ng fists of god or goddess, k]ing, magnate…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 ina ITI.BARAG UD 01-KÁM li-te-lil] ⸢li⸣-te-bi-⸢ib⸣ / [NA₄.ZA.GÌN.DURU₅ ina] Ì.GIŠ ḫal-ṣi ⸢TU₅⸣ / [Ú.IN.NU.UŠ ina] ⸢ŠÀ⸣ [KAŠ Ì.GIŠ ŠUB-di] it-ta-nap-ša-⸢áš⸣ / [x] ⸢KUŠ⸣.še-⸢ni⸣ [GADA liš-kun TÚG eš]-⸢ši lil-la-biš⸣ / NA₄.ZA.GÌN.DURU₅ [ina TÚG.SÍG]-⸢ka⸣ ḪÉ.[KÉŠ]-⸢as⸣ / a-na É ⸢LÚ⸣.[MUŠEN.DÙ DU-ma 02] ⸢TU⸣.MUŠEN-[MEŠ NITA u] ⸢MÍ⸣ / ina IGI d⸢UTU⸣ [ta-da-an-ši]-na-ti ki-[ma DINGIR ÁŠ KUR?] / ⸢dUTU…
Scholarly note
Astrological report from a court scholar to an Assyrian king, edited by Hermann Hunger (SAA 8, 1992). Celestial and meteorological observation correlated with omens. ORACC text P336656.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336656). source
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336656/.
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