Position in chronology
SAA 08 115. Morning First of Jupiter (RMA 196) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If Jupi[ter in Sivan (III)] approaches and stands where the s[un shines] forth, (if) it is brig[ht and its features] are red, its rising is as perfect as [the rising of the sun]: a[ngry] gods will be reconciled with Akkad; [there will be] copi[ous] rain and regular [floods] in Akkad; barley and sesame will increase, and the equivalent of (only) 1 litre will (have to) be paid for 1 kor; the gods in the sky will stand in their (appropriate) positions; their shrines will see wealth. (11) If Jupiter becomes steady in the morning: enemy kings will make peace. (13) If Jupiter carries radiance:…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336499/
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Transliteration
1 MUL.SAG.[ME.GAR ina ITI.SIG₄] ú-qar-rib-ma / a-šar d[UTU ul-ta]-⸢pa⸣-a GUB-iz / ba-ʾi-[il zi-mu-šú] SA₅ / KUR-šú ki-[ma KUR dUTU] ga-mir / DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢ze⸣-[nu-ti ana] KUR—URI.KI SILIM-MEŠ / A.AN ṭuḫ-[di A.KAL] si-id-ru-ti / ina KUR—URI.KI [GÁL-MEŠ] ŠE u ŠE.GIŠ.Ì i-ma-id-ma / KI.LAM 01 qa-TA.ÀM a-na 01 GUR SUM-in / DINGIR-MEŠ ina AN-e ina man-zal-ti-šú-nu GUB-MEŠ / BARAG-MEŠ-šú-nu ṭuḫ-du IGI-MEŠ…
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 P336499.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336499). 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/P336499/.
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