SAA 08 236. Fragment of a Hemerology [calendrical]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336674

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) Nisan (I), the 1st day, the 3rd day, the [x]th day [...] are good [day]s for performing [...]. (3) [The 1st day is] good, the 3rd day is good [...] (4) [... the] 7th [day] is good, the 8th day [...] (5) [... is] good, before [...] (6) [...] he must not [...] (7) [...] Marduk [...] (Rest destroyed)

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

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Transliteration

⸢BAR?⸣ UD 01-KAM UD 03-KAM ⸢UD x-KAM⸣ [x x x] / [UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DÙG.GA-MEŠ DÙ-ti [x x x x] / [UD 01]-⸢KAM⸣ DÙG.GA UD 03-KAM DÙG.⸢GA⸣ [x x x x] / [x x UD] ⸢07⸣-KAM DÙG.GA UD 08-⸢KAM⸣ [x x x x] / [x x x x] ⸢DÙG⸣.GA ina IGI ⸢d⸣[x x x x] / [x x x x x] UD la id [x x x x] / [x x x x d]AMAR.UTU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x]

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 P336674.

Attribution

Image: BM 099113 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336674). 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/P336674/.

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