Position in chronology
SAA 08 104. Eclipse of the Sun in the Morning (RMA 277R) [eclipses]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) On the 28th day, at 2 1/2 'double-hou[rs' of the day ......] (2) in the west [......] (3) it also cover[ed ......] (4) 2 fingers towards [.....] (5) it made [an eclipse], the east wind [......] (6) the north wind ble[w. This is its interpretation]: (7) If the day [becomes covered] with clouds on the north side: [famine for the king of Elam]. (8) If the day be[comes covered] with clouds on the south side: [famine for the king of Akkad]. (9) If the day is dark and r[ides] the north wind: [devouring by Nergal; herds will diminish]. (10) If [there is an eclip]se in Nisan (I) on the 28th day:…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336592/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 UD 28-KÁM 02 1/2 KASKAL.⸢GÍD⸣ [UD-mu x x x x x] / ina IM.MAR.TU.KI [x x x x x x x] / is-se-niš e-te-⸢ri⸣-[im x x x x x] / 02 ŠU.SI a-na IM.[x x x x AN.MI] / is-sa-kan IM.KUR.⸢RA⸣ [x x x x x x x] / IM.SI.SÁ it-ta-[lak an-ni-u pi-še-er-šú] / 1 UD Á IM.SI.SÁ ú-pa-[a i-ta-rim SU.KÚ LUGAL NIM.MA.KI] / 1 UD Á IM.U₁₈.LU ú-pa-a ⸢i⸣-[ta-rim SU.KÚ LUGAL URI.KI] / 1 UD a-dir-ma IM.SI.SÁ ⸢ra⸣-[kib KÚ-ti…
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 P336592.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336592). 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/P336592/.
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