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SAA 08 103. Eclipse of the Moon (RMA 272A) [eclipses]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If an eclipse outlasts the morning watch until it clears: the k[ing ...]. (2) [If] (the moon) makes an eclipse during the morning watch and completes the watch, and the north wi[nd blows: there will be] recovery from illness in Akkad. (4) If an eclipse begins in the east and the north wind blows: three years [...]. (5) [If] an eclipse begins in the east and goes to the west: eclipse of [...]. (6) If the moon makes an eclipse, and the north wind blows: the gods [will have mercy] on the land. (7) If the moon makes an eclipse and sets with unwashed feet: at[tack of ...]. (8) If the moon is…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336572/
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Transliteration
1 AN.MI EN.NUN—UD.ZAL.LI EN ZÁLAG-ir uš-ta-ni-iḫ ⸢LUGAL?⸣ [x x x x] / [1] AN.MI EN.NUN—UD.ZAL.LI GAR-ma EN.NUN ig-mur u IM.SI.[SÁ DU] / GIG AN.TI.LA ina KUR—URI.KI [GÁL] / 1 AN.MI ina IM.KUR.RA SAR-ma u IM.SI.SÁ DU MU 03 [x x] / [1] AN.MI ina IM.KUR.RA SAR-ma ana IM.MAR i-lik AN.MI [x x x] / 1 30 AN.MI GAR-ma IM.SI.SÁ DU-ik DINGIR-MEŠ ana KUR [ARḪUŠ TUK-MEŠ] / 1 30 AN.MI GAR-ma ga-du GÌR.2-MEŠ-šú…
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 P336572.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336572). 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/P336572/.
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