SAA 08 164. Auspicious Days in Iyyar [calendrical]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336662

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [Iyyar (I]I), the 2nd day: [favorable]. (2) The 6th day: [let him take] a wif[e, he will live to ol]d age. (3) The 8th day: an important person will be favorable. (4) The 10th day: at court, favorable. (5) The 12th day: in the street, favorable. (6) The 15th day: perfect seed. (7) The 16th day: joy of heart. (8) The 18th day: convert the cleaned (barley). (Break) (r 9) [From] Aššur-naṣir.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

⸢ITI.GUD⸣ UD 02-KAM [AB.ŠE.GE.DA] / UD 06-KAM ⸢DAM⸣ [TUK.TUK LIBIR].⸢RA⸣ / UD 08-KAM IDIM AB.ŠE.GE.DA / UD 10-KAM ina de-e-ni ma-gir / UD 12-KAM ina su-ú-qí ma-gir / UD 15-KAM ŠE.NUMUN šuk-lu-ul / UD 16-KAM ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi / UD 18-KAM za-ku-tú pu-šur / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x / [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / UD [x x x x x x x x] / [ša] maš-šur—PAB-ir [o]

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 P336662.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336662). 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/P336662/.

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