Position in chronology
SAA 08 146. Mercury Near Regulus (RMA 228) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Mercury came to stand inside Leo. (3) If Leo is black: the land will not be happy. (5) If Regulus is black: the commander of the palace will die. (7) From Nabû-mušeṣi.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336521/
Why it matters
Transliteration
MUL.GUD.UD ina ŠÀ MUL.UR.GU.LA / it-ti-ti-zi / 1 MUL.UR.GU.LA GI₆ / ŠÀ-bi KUR NU DÙG.GA / 1 MUL.LUGAL GI₆ / mu-ʾi-ir-ru É.GAL ÚŠ / ša mdAG—mu-še-ṣi
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 P336521.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336521). 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/P336521/.
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