Position in chronology
SAA 08 151. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136L) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and sun are see]n [together: reliable speech]; the land will become [ha]ppy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad favorably; joy among the troops]; the king will become happy; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie [in the steppe undis]turbed. (6) [If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, one horn] meets the other: [there will be truth in the land, and the son] will speak the truth with his [father ......] will be made entirely. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king [.... will make] the thro[ne last long]. (r 4) If the moon and su[n] are in op[position: the king of the land will widen his understanding; ......]. (r 7) From [Nab]û-mušeṣi.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336453/
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Transliteration
[1 30 u 20 UD 14-KÁM KI a-ḫa-meš IGI].LAL / [KA GI.NA ŠÀ]-bi KUR DÙG.GA / [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI.KI ana SIG₅] i-ḫa-sa-su / [ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi ERIM-ni ŠÀ]-bi LUGAL DÙG.GA / [bu-ul KUR—URI.KI ina EDIN par]-⸢ga⸣-niš i-rab-bi-iṣ / [1 30 20 KUR-ma KI-šú it-ten-tú SI] SI i-dir / [ina KUR kit-tú GÁL-ši-ma DUMU KI AD]-šú kit-tú i-ta-me / [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣-liš GAR-an / 1 30 u 20 šit-qu-lu KUR i-kan /…
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 P336453.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336453). 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/P336453/.
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