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SAA 08 084. Morning First of Jupiter in Gemini (RMA 188) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If J]upiter [becomes visible] in Tammuz (IV): [the land will dwell] in quiet. (3) [If] Jupiter [rises] in the path [of the Enlil stars]: the king of Akkad will become strong and [have no rival]. (5) If Jupiter [passes] to the back [of Gemini]: in Elam [...] will be abandoned and plagu[e will devour]. (8) Jupiter [is visible behind Gemini]. Now, I wrote to the king my lord as soon as I observed [its sign]. (r 2) Later, once (Jupiter) has moved on and approached Cancer, I shall copy another report and let the king my lord hear (it).
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336493/
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Transliteration
[1 MUL].SAG.ME.GAR ina ITI.ŠU [IGI] / [KUR] šu-ub-tum né-eḫ-[tum TUŠ-ab] / [1] ⸢MUL⸣.SAG.ME.GAR ina KASKAL [šu-ut dEN.LÍL KUR-ḫa] / LUGAL URI.KI i-dan-nin-ma [GABA.RI NU TUK-ši?] / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ana EGIR [MUL.MAŠ.TAB.BA DIB-iq] / ina KUR.NIM.MA.KI ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / i-na-an-du-ma dU.⸢GUR⸣ [KÚ] / MUL.SAG.ME.GAR [x x x x] / ú-ma-a a-du ⸢GISKIM?⸣-[šú] / a-mu-ru-u-ni a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ía⸣ / as-sa-ap-ra /…
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 P336493.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336493). 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/P336493/.
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