Position in chronology
SAA 08 249. Morning First of Mercury (RMA 224) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Mercury] became visible [in Kislev (IX)]. (3) If a planet becomes visible in Kislev (IX): there will be robbers in the land. (r 1) From Nergal-eṭir.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237305/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 MUL.[UDU.IDIM x x ina ITI.GAN] / it-tan-mar / 1 MUL.UDU.IDIM ina ITI.GAN IGI-ir / ḫab-ba-a-ti ina KUR GÁL-MEŠ / šá mdU.GUR—KAR-ir
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 P237305.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237305). 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/P237305/.
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